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The news we've all been waiting for: Eat chocolate and live an extra year
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1319160/Eat-chocolate-live-extra-year.html
Last updated at 9:29 AM on 12th October 2010
A couple of squares of good quality dark chocolate contains nearly
four time the amount of anti-oxidants of a plum (posted by model)
Did you know that a couple of squares of good-quality dark chocolate
contain nearly four times the antioxidants of a plum or a handful of
Brussels sprouts, writes Anthea Gerrie.
Here is the latest research on the health benefits of chocolate with
70 per cent cocoa solids or higher.
For your heart
Research undertaken at the University of Aberdeen shows that
flavanols, a form of antioxidant present in chocolate with a high
cocoa mass, help prevent the activation of platelets in the blood,
which contribute to heart disease.
Another study conducted in Dusseldorf and at the University of
California at Davis suggests consumption of flavanols can even reverse
some of the artery damage caused by smoking.
And last year Professor Carl Keen, of the University of California,
reported that eating small amounts of chocolate could have as powerful
an anti-clotting effect on the blood as taking aspirin.
For your brain
Chocolate is one of the richest sources of magnesium, a mineral
essential for brain health, according to the Journal Of Medicinal
Food.
Research at Cornell University in New York also found it contains an
antioxidant called epicatechin that may protect against the amyloid
plaques which cause Alzheimer's and other brain diseases.
Research at the Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia suggests
chocolate can also boost memory, attention span, reaction time and
problemsolving skills by increasing blood flow to the brain.
For your immune system
A Japanese study published in the British Journal Of Cancer last year
states that phenolics, naturally occurring antioxidants found in
chocolate, boost the immune system, and another 2009 report by the
Cancer Research Society of Hawaii notes that a further distinctive
ingredient, procyanidins, was credited with the same effect in animal
studies.
For stress control
Eating 40 grams of dark chocolate every day for two weeks reduces
stress hormones in those with moderate to high anxiety, according to a
study published in the American Chemical Society's Journal Of Proteome
Research. . . .
And for longevity...
A study of nearly 8,000 Harvard graduates conducted over 18 years
revealed that those who ate chocolate lived almost a year longer than
those who did not. The bad news is they were all men – certain
benefits of chocolate are believed to be more effective on males than
females, for reasons no scientist has yet figured out. lA summary of
the health benefits of good chocolate and a list of published
scientific studies can be found in The Chocolate Therapist, by Julie
Pech, Wiley, £9.99.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1319160/Eat-chocolate-live-extra-year.html#ixzz12FEKA8xK
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