Reuters reports, in Good news for dark chocolate-lovers? on a study published by the American Heart Association showing that eating flavonoid-laden dark
This is not only a statistically significant effect, but it’s also a clinically meaningful decline,” Blumberg said. “This is the kind of reduction in blood pressure often found with other healthful dietary interventions.”
Eating dark chocolate also seemed to improve how the body used insulin, and reduced low density lipoprotein (LDL) or “bad” cholesterol by about 10 percent on average.
“The findings do not suggest that people with high blood pressure should eat lots of dark chocolate in lieu of other important blood pressure-reduction methods, such as medication and exercise,” Blumberg said. “Rather, we are identifying specific flavonoids that can have a benefit on blood pressure and insulin sensitivity.”
Personally, I’m going to find ways to increase my dark chocolate intake… for health reasons….
