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"Eat a bar of chocolate and call me in
the morning." That's not exactly what patients expect to hear from
their doctors, but in the future, chocolate may be prescribed to help
prevent heart disease and diabetes in patients with metabolic syndrome.
Numerous studies have indicated that dark
chocolate (chocolate that's at least 60 percent cocoa) is rich in
heart-healthy flavonoids, but most of the studies were short-term. To
see if chocolate could help prevent heart problems long-term, Australian
researchers used a mathematical model to predict the health effects and
cost effectiveness of eating dark chocolate daily in more than 2,000
people who were already at high risk of heart disease.
Read more: Study: Daily Dark Chocolate Prevents Heart Attacks
Important: At Risk For A Heart Attack? Find Out Now.
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