Not only want to treat, but also want to protect the cardiovascular, then eat dark chocolates. According to the American Associated Press report on March 31, a new study shows that about eating 6 grams a day dark chocolate, the risk of suffering from coronary heart disease and stroke can be reduced by about 40%.

The research team led by Pro. Blown Burgess from Nutritional Epidemiology of German Institute of Human Nutrition have carried out a nearly 10 years of follow-up survey to 19,300 people and found that, compared with those crowd who ate only 1.5 grams per day of dark chocolate, chances of suffering from heart disease and stroke for the crowd who consume 6-7.5 grams of dark chocolate every day are decreased by 39%. Prior to that, according to "American Journal of Clinical Nutrition" reports, researchers at the University of L'Aquila, Italy have done a test: ask 15 healthy persons to eat 100 grams of dark chocolate every day for 15 days, as a result ,their blood pressure have reduced by a certain degree, and their sensitivity to insulin have increased. While those eating the same dose of white chocolate did not have the similar effect.

"Thanks to the cocoa butter in chocolate, among which flavonoids is the key to protect the cardiovascular --- it makes vasodilator and prevents hardening, at the same time increasing the cardiac activity, relaxs muscles, prevents the accumulation of cholesterol in blood vessels. Therefore, the higher content of the cocoa butter, the better the role of health care. " Blown Burgess said.

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