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Article: Cocoa reduces mortality from common diseases.(News)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Chinese Medicine
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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An observational study of the Kuna Indian tribe living on isolated islands off the coast of Pamama suggests that a high intake of cocoa flavanoids can prevent death from a range of causes including heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes. Cause-specific death rates for 2000 to 2004 were compared between inhabitants of the mainland and the San Blas islands, where only Kuna live. The results showed that on mainland Panama, cardiovascular disease was, as expected, the leading cause of death (83.4 age adjusted deaths/100,000) with cancer second (68.4). In contrast, the rate of CVD and cancer among island-dwelling Kuna was ...
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