Dark Chocolate

21 Aug 2010 - Good news: eating dark chocolate can lower the risk of  heart failure among older women. Boston based researchers found that women who eat dark chocolate once or twice per week cut the risk of heart failure with one third. However, those who ate chocolate every day did not appear to lower the risks. The study looked at nearly 32,000 Swedish women between between 48 and 83 over a period of nine years. The researchers said that eating too much chocolate is unhealthy as it contains high level of sugar and fat, which will make people put on weight. However, chocolate also contains flavonoids, which can lower blood pressure and protect against heart disease. I can hear a lot of women cheering. But hey, I am not woman and I am also not Swedish, so a lost case anyway.