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Article: Chocolate Linked to Lower Blood Pressure
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- February 27, 2006
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CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
02-27-2006
Dateline: CHICAGO
Leave it to the Dutch to help demonstrate the health benefits of chocolate. A study of older men in The Netherlands, known for its luscious chocolate, indicated those who ate the equivalent of one-third of a chocolate bar every day had lower blood pressure and a reduced risk of death.
The researchers say, however, it's too early to conclude it was chocolate that led to better health. The men who ate more cocoa products could have shared other qualities that made them healthier. Experts also point out that eating too much chocolate can make you fat _ a risk for both heart disease and high blood pressure.
"It's way ...
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