Study Shows Why Dark Chocolate Is Good For Your Heart

This doesn’t mean you can skip your veggies or binge on Snicker bars but there is finally some health news that will leave a good taste in your mouth. The March 2014 issue of the Science Journal FASEB reveals why dark chocolate is good for you.

It might seem too good to be true, but dark chocolate is good for you and scientists now know why. Dark chocolate helps restore flexibility to arteries while also preventing white blood cells from sticking to the walls of blood vessels. Both arterial stiffness and white blood cell adhesion are known factors that play a significant role in atherosclerosis. What’s more, the scientists also found that increasing the flavanol content of dark chocolate did not change this effect.

By: Mark Quincy Adams

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