Dark chocolate might help with blood pressure

by Bob Sassone, Posted Jul 3rd 2007 @ 5:59PM

Warning: the following story doesn't give you permission to start downing dark chocolate by the case.

As someone who has high blood pressure, I welcome any new news that eating certain types of food can help bring the numbers down. Of course, if I just exercised more I could lose some weight and that would probably take care of 97% of my problem, but in case that doesn't happen, I like hearing news like this. Researchers in Germany have discovered that small portions of dark chocolate might help people who are in the early stages of high blood pressure. 24 women and 20 men, aged 56 to 73, were given both white and dark chocolate over 18 weeks. The white chocolate didn't have much effect at all.

I'd write more but I have to run out to the store and get some dark chocolate.

Filed Under: Health & Medical, Ingredients
Tags: chocolate, comfort food, dark chocolate, DarkChocolate, germany, hbp, high blood pressure, medicine, milk chocolate, white chocolate