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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:25:43 -0700 (PDT)

From: Al Pater <old542000@...>

Subject: Dark chocolate lowers blood pressure

Hi All,

Dark chocolate seems to lower blood pressure, a publication appears to say in

Hypertension, according to:

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/07/19/heart.chocolate.reut/index.html

The pdf is not yet available.

--Holy moly:

For 15 days, half ate a daily 3.5 ounce (100 gram) bar of specially formulated,

flavonoid-rich dark chocolate, while the other half ate the same amount of white

chocolate.

Then each group " crossed over " and ate the other chocolate.

" White chocolate, which has no flavonoids, was the perfect control food because

it contains all the other ingredients and calories found in dark chocolate, "

Blumberg said.

" It's important to note that the dark chocolate we used had a high level of

flavonoids, giving it a slightly bittersweet taste. Most Americans eat milk

chocolate, which has a low amount of these compounds. "

Writing in the journal Hypertension, Blumberg's team said when the volunteers

ate the special dark chocolate, they had a 12 mm Hg decrease in systolic blood

pressure (the top number in a blood pressure reading) and a 9 mm Hg decrease in

diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) on average.

Blood pressure did not change when the volunteers ate white chocolate.

" 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.

--Guess what I'm starting in with this evening, likely forever (the sacrifices

we must make in the name of enhanced nutrition . . . )?

Maco

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