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Dark
Chocolate May Have Benefit
(Chicago, Health AP, 8/28/03)
Dr. Dirk Taubert of the University of Cologne in Germany,
and fellow researchers, assigned 13 mildly hypertensive adults
to each consume a 3 oz candy bar daily for 2 weeks in place of
their usual treats. Half of the subjects ate dark chocolate,
while the rest received white chocolate. Blood pressure
readings fell for the group consuming dark chocolate; while
the pressure of the subjects eating white chocolate remained
virtually unchanged. Scientists speculate that the polyphenols,
present in dark chocolate, but not in the white, may be
responsible for the anti-hypertensive effect. |
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