Heart Attack Survivors Benefit from Chocolate Consumption

By: Heather Hajek
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Heart attack victims may want to gravitate toward the chocolate choices on the menu, thinking of it not just as a treat, but as a potential lifesaver. While past reports have indicated some potential benefits to eating chocolate, we now have new evidence showing a previous heart attack patient may be avoiding death by consuming two or more servings of chocolate per week.

A study released in the September issue of the Journal of Internal Medicine, indicates death from heart disease in previous heart attack victims are cut threefold when sufferers eat two are more servings of chocolate weekly, compared to those who refrain from eating chocolate. The study indicates the less chocolate consumed the lower the protection against heart attacks for previous heart attack survivors.
Research has indicated the myriad benefits of cocoa, the main ingredient of chocolate, such as lowering blood pressure and improving blood flow, but the new report is the first to make the connection between chocolate Read more...