Many studies have confirmed that little pieces of dark chocolate is good for heart because it is loaded in chemicals called flavanols.Nevertheless, The Lancet medical journal reports that many firms remove flavanols from chocolate because it makes chocolate taste bitter. Accordingly, some dark chocolate may not contain flavonols at all but the plentiful fat and sugar that can counteract the beneficial effects of the flavonols chemicals.
“Dark chocolate can be illusive therefore, for this holiday season, we should try to get familiar with these calories in a dark choco bar vs a mince pie by having a calculator at hand, Lancet quoted the report, as stating. Anyway, it is worth trying.
Recently, a study claimed that chocolate with its high flavanol levels could improve the coronary vascular function in 11 heart-transplant recipients, compared with patients taking a cocoa-free control chocolate while another study reported that having small quantity of dark chocolate can reduce the high blood pressure.