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Originally Posted by Bertie Doe
"koko" wrote in message
CHICAGO - A small study suggests that eating dark chocolate can lower
your blood pressure
- a delicious instance in which something that tastes good might, for a
change, be good for
you, too.
Great, where can I buy cocoa seed, koko?
BD
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Blood pressure remained pretty much unchanged in the group that ate white chocolate, which does not contain polyphenols. But after two weeks, systolic blood pressure - the top number - had dropped an average of five points in the dark-chocolate group. The lower, or diastolic, reading fell an average of almost two points.
The participants had an average blood pressure reading of about 153 over 84.
While their blood pressure did not fall enough to be considered in the desirable range - below 120 over 80 - the results show dark chocolate "might serve as a promising approach to reduce systolic blood pressure," said lead author Dr. Dirk Taubert of the University of Cologne.