A new study found that people who ate one or more servings of chocolate a week were up to 10% less likely to have heart disease than people who ate less or no chocolate weekly.
Chocolate may help keep the heart humming by contributing to health of the blood vessels. It contains a number of beneficial nutrients like flavonoids that may lower inflammation and increase good cholesterol, the researchers said., included six studies with more than 336,000 people. Most were from the United States, almost 69,000 were from Sweden and 1,200 were from Australia.
The researchers noted that there were some limitations to the review. They weren't able to control for lifestyle factors, such as physical activity. And they didn't have specific data on the types of chocolate people ate.Cardiologist Dr. John Osborne, from State of the Heart Cardiology in Dallas, reviewed the findings and explained,"When you make milk chocolate, you end up with mostly fat and sugar with modest amounts of chocolate.
"If you're going to use chocolate for its possible health benefits, don't have more than an ounce of dark chocolate a day. You can get similar nutrients from vegetables and fruits though," Osborne noted. Dr. Len Horovitz, from Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, also looked over the review and agreed that while chocolate might have some benefits,"You want the right ingredients" -- not necessarily what you'd find in an average commercial milk chocolate bar.
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