Dark Chocolate May Prevent Heart Failure

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That is in small amounts of course, so don’t go chocaholic on me. A Harvard study has found that eating a small bite of high quality good chocolate three times a week can prevent heart failure in women. The study included 31,823 women (48-83 years) who were in good health. They were monitored for 9 years and it was found that “moderate habitual chocolate ntake was associated with a lower rate of HF hospitalization or death but the protective association was not observed with the intake of one or more servings per day.”

This could be because dark chocolate has flavonoids which work as antioxidants in the body.

Basically, splurge. Get yourself a bar of really expensive and delicious dark chocolate and take one bite (just one) three times a week.



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