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To: decimon
the ACE activity in the volunteers' blood was 18 percent lower than before they gobbled the goodies - a change comparable to that of blood-pressure lowering drugs designed to inhibit ACE.

I'll call BS first. A single 20mg dose of Benzazepril, the ACE inhibitor I happen to take will lower serum ACE levels by 90% for 24 hours. You would have to eat 4-5 times as much chocolate as in the test to get that effect.

18 posted on 11/17/2010 3:26:56 PM PST by CholeraJoe ("Want me to shoot out the light, ma'am?")
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To: CholeraJoe
You would have to eat 4-5 times as much chocolate as in the test to get that effect.

And this is bad because....

28 posted on 11/17/2010 4:32:04 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 666 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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