date:Jun 05, 2012
searchers noted that such benefits have only ever been examined in short term studies.
Previous research has suggested that dark chocolate has benefits for blood pressure, inflammation, blood clotting, and could also have metabolic effects. Such short term trials have, for example, shown that dark chocolate consumption can potentially reduce systolic blood pressure by 5 mm Hg and lower total cholesterol concentration by 0.21 mmol/L.
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