Good news for chocolate lovers. It's good for your blood vessels

[JohnyCanuck]

Chocolate appears to promote healthy blood vessels

Small daily doses of flavonoid-rich dark chocolate eaten over a two-week period significantly improved blood vessel function, report US researchers this week, without increasing blood cholesterol levels.

They also identified high absorption of a particular flavonoid thought to be beneficial for blood vessel function, epicatechin.

Previous clinical studies have shown the beneficial effects of chocolate on the function of blood vessel endothelium after either a single dose or several doses of chocolate over a few days.

The small study, presented as an abstract at the American Heart Association's 2002 scientific sessions in New Orleans, appears to confirm the benefits of chocolate, eaten in moderation.

Chocolate Study

[Senior citizen]

1. Moderate chocolate intake? No way!

If not for chocolate I'd probably have been dead long ago.

Or at the very least I'd have killed somebody.

Nothing beats chocolate for sublimating suicidal/homicidal impulses, IMO.

I advocate dark chocolate for web work, chocolate malts for depression, and chocolate chip cookies as an all-purpose panacea.

Works for me.

[Emmanuel Goldstein]

2. Bad news for chocolate lovers

Your practice is illegal and punishable by law.