Chocolate May Help With Stroke Risks

     We've heard all this before, but it's nice to hear it again, especially for us chocolate lovers!. A study has indicated to some researchers that eating a little but of chocolate every week could not only decrease of odds of having a stroke but can also decrease the risks of dying from one.

     They looked at three large studies and concluded in the first that studied 44,489 who had eaten one serving a week were 22% less at risk of having a stroke than those who did not eat it.

     The next smaller study said that 1,169 people who had 50g of chocolate weekly were 46% less likely to die from a stroke as compared to those who did not.

     The third study showed nothing.

     Dark chocolate especially has a high amount of flavonoids which are antioxidants. These antioxidants have many health benefits.

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