German study, limited number of dark chocolate can lower blood pressure.

But the good news comes with caveats: be limited to the amount of chocolate to eat 30 calories a day, within, that is faster than a Dove chocolate, a little bit more volume. German scientists in a research report noted that only within this range where dark chocolate contains flavanol cocoa powder “can ensure the most appropriate blood pressure reduction in individuals.”

Completely limited to eating chocolate will not lower blood pressure, because “blood pressure reduction due to flavanols and flavanol cocoa powder can be done by the high-sugar foods, fat and energy to make up for.”

The study, published in the “American Medical Association Journal” in July 4 in 1, including 44 aged at 56 to 73 years for adults investigation. These people, or blood pressure were slightly abnormal, or severely high blood pressure.

Respondents, and no other heart disease – which means that they are not overweight, not smoking, no diabetes, high cholesterol, or diseases like kidney stones. In addition, they do not eat vitamins or nutritional tablets, eat only foods containing cocoa powder are provided by the researchers.

18 weeks, there have been half of the staff were asked to eat 30 calories a day containing polyphenols (a type of antioxidant) and dark chocolate, and give the other half to 30 calories a day of white chocolate, in addition to non-polyphenols, the Like all kinds of content are related to dark chocolate.

To the end of the study, eating dark chocolate reduces the average population blood pressure 2.9mm Hg, while the crowd ate white chocolate, there is no change in blood pressure.

Although the blood pressure reduction was small, but its effects are very noteworthy. The entire population base, experts estimate that people can reduce the 3mm/Hg each blood pressure, can reduce the ventilation diseases 8%, coronary artery disease, 5%, and other various diseases, 4% incidence.

The study was conducted by Cologne, Germany, School of Medicine Dekeboshi responsible before him has done a variety of cocoa powder on the impact of high blood pressure research. Doctor suspected of dark chocolate can increase the body’s nitric oxide, and nitric oxide to help relax and open blood vessels.

Similarly, a U.S. nutrition experts found the following results:

“If you are high blood pressure and often eating chocolate, then you’d better eat each day, a small piece of dark chocolate, this would be useful to your body.”

Experts recommend eating dark chocolate cocoa powder should be chosen when the content of above 50%. He also pointed out that caffeine allergic person should be careful eating dark chocolate, because of their higher caffeine than milk chocolate. The caffeine content of dark chocolate a cup of coffee, although not as high, but if you eat at night, you will feel it contains caffeine.

In addition, if you have poor health, then the results of this study may not apply to you. It applies only to those who are not serious hypertension or other diseases, as well as non-overweight people. If you are diabetic or if you have kidney disease, then you’d better not eat chocolate.

Concluded by reiterating, chocolate bars, though not miraculous, but relatively healthy people who are a good tool for maintaining healthy!