Antioxidants found in cocoa may help fight heart disease, a new study shows. The study's findings suggest that cocoa may benefit heart disease patients by boosting blood vessel health and keeping blood pressure in check.
The study involved 16 adults, all of whom had heart disease. Twice a day for 30 days, all study members drank a beverage with a high concentration of cocoa flavanols (a type of powerful antioxidant). Later in the study, the participants drank a different, low-flavanol beverage twice a day for 30 days.
Study results showed a 47 percent greater improvement in vasodilation (widening of the blood vessels) during the first treatment period, indicating that cocoa flavanols may help repair damaged blood vessels and increase survival among heart disease patients.
Past studies show that garlic, fish oil, and hawthorn may also help lower blood pressure.
I have always believed that cocoa is good for the heart.I read that it is good for repairing blood vessels.Would that include aneurysm as well?
Good blog.
Les
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