Chocolate improves blood vessel function

[CMF Newsman]

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Chocoholics were given further reason to rejoice on Saturday when a small clinical study showed that dark chocolate improves the function of blood vessels.

While the researchers cautioned against bingeing on bon bons, they said the findings of the trial were clear and called for larger such studies to confirm the results.

"In this sample of healthy adults, dark chocolate ingestion over a short period of time was shown to significantly improve (blood vessel) function," said Dr. Valentine Yanchou Njike of Yale Prevention Research Center, a co-investigator of the study.

The results, presented at the annual American College of Cardiology scientific meeting in New Orleans, add to mounting evidence of the health benefits of dark chocolate.

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[Jay]

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Between that and the benefits of alcohol.....life's good

~J

[Copperhead]

Chocolate...the wonderfood of the 21st century!

Now, I just need a bar of Lindt dark chocolate! ;D