Mmmmmm and Good For Your Heart!

[Kathianne]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/he...y-a-third.html

Chocolate 'cuts heart risk by a third'

Eating chocolate regularly could cut the risk of heart disease by a third, according to the largest analysis of its kind to date.

By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent, in Paris
2:01PM BST 29 Aug 2011


Those who eat more chocolate have a 37 per cent lower risk of cardiovascular disease than those who eat little, according to a Cambridge University analysis of seven separate studies, containing in total over 100,000 people.



They also have a 29 per cent lower chance of stroke, although they do not have a lower risk of heart failure.



The studies, which followed people in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, the US and Japan for about a decade on average, did not focus on dark chocolate alone, which is believed to be the most beneficial type.



Rather, they included consumption of other types including milk chocolate and chocolate bars, drinks, biscuits and desserts.



Dr Oscar Franco, from the university’s Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, said no one really understood why chocolate appeared to be so good for heart health.

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[ConHog]

Beer and pizza, in moderation of course, are also good for you.

[Gaffer]

Does chocolate milk and fudge bars count?

[ConHog]

Does chocolate milk and fudge bars count?

Not when you're licking them off of a tequila soaked Luna Tick they don't.

[chloe]

I saw that yesterday chocolate and red wine are both good for the ticker. I prefer dark chocolate to milk chocolate so that is good news.

[Gaffer]

Not when you're licking them off of a tequila soaked Luna Tick they don't.

That could be hazardous to your health. I prefer them luna tick free.