Dark chocolate! Head researcher from Italy's institute of Food and Nutrition, Dr Serafini, teamed up two group of people whom all has just ben diagnosed with mild high blood pressure. Every day for two weeks, they were given 100g of candy bar, half of the patients got dark chocolate and half got white chocolate.
Those who ate dark chocolate had a significant drop in blood pressure (by an average 5 points for systolic - the top reading and an average 2 points for diastolic blood pressure - the bottom reading). Those who ate white chocolate did not, milk protein contains in the white chocolate prevent the absorption of polyphenols, a compound that is very abundant in dark chocolate and are known to lower blood pressure.
One more reason to love dark chocolate, they have over eight times the number of antioxidants as strawberries? Dark chocolate stimulates endorphins and relaxes blood pressure making it the prefect treat for a momentary relaxer!
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