Chocolate decreases heart problems

This article goes in depth about how chocolate has been found to lower the risk of heart attack and stroke—only this time it’s for real. Through a study from the German Institute of Human Nutrition involving around 20,000 people over a period of eight years, it was found that those who ate a diet that included one quarter ounce of chocolate a day had 27 percent and 48 percent reduced risk of heart attack and stroke. These results are quite staggering when considering that the factor was something as common as chocolate.

The only catch is that the person must be disciplined enough to hold off on eating any more than the designated amount and in nearly all of the cases it should be dark chocolate. Otherwise, other health side-effects such as weight gain and in turn heart problems would quickly outweigh the benefits.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/03/30/chocolate.egg.per.day/index.html