Today, Science Daily posted a story on a research study showing that eating chocolate may lower your risk of stroke. This is my kind of story! Evidently, there were three studies involved in reaching this conclusion.
According to the article:
"The first study found that 44,489 people who ate one serving of chocolate per week were 22 percent less likely to have a stroke than people who ate no chocolate. The second study found that 1,169 people who ate 50 grams of chocolate once a week were 46 percent less likely to die following a stroke than people who did not eat chocolate."
The article pointed out that chocolate contains flavonoids, an antioxidant, which may be the reason for the lower risk of stroke. The article also pointed out that the results are not considered conclusive--it was suggested it might be possible that healthier people eat more chocolate. Either way, I'm looking for my Hersey bar!
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