Posted on 08/29/2012 11:29:00 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Regularly indulging in chocolate may actually help men decrease their risk of having a stroke, according to a Swedish study.
Researchers writing in the journal Neurology found that of more than 37,000 men followed for a decade, those who ate the most chocolate—typically the equivalent of one-third of a cup of chocolate chips—had a 17 per cent lower risk of stroke than men who avoided chocolate.
The study is hardly the first to link chocolate to cardiovascular benefits, with several previous ones suggesting that chocolate fans have lower rates of certain risks for heart disease and stroke, like high blood pressure. …
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
It’s a circuitous process: you give chocolate to your wife; she stops nagging you; badaboom, badabing, no stroke.
This is specifically regarding dark chocolate as opposed to milk chocolate, correct?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.