I’ve been trying to find out a little more about studies like these since they began. Today I saw this in the local online newspaper and got excited all over again..
If you’re a dark chocolate fan, this may brighten your day a little:
Evidence that chocolate is good for you
From 14.wfie.com…
If you’re worried about high blood pressure,
you may want to add dark chocolate to your diet.
According to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, eating a daily piece of dark chocolate, about a quarter of an ounce, could help to lower your systolic blood pressure, the upper number, by almost three units, and the diastolic blood pressure, or bottom number by almost two units.
Dirk Taubert, M.D., Ph.D./University Hospital of Cologne says, “We were indeed surprised that such a low amount of chocolate could efficiently reduce the blood pressure.”
Forty four otherwise healthy people with high blood pressure were studied for 18 weeks. Half the people got daily dark chocolate, the other half got daily white chocolate. No one gained weight, but only the dark chocolate eaters saw their blood pressure come down a bit.
