Posts Tagged Health Benefits Of Dark Chocolate

Tea & Chocolate – For Your Health?

Dark chocolate, a wonderfully rich and delectable temptation. Hard to resist, but you don’t have to if you choose the right chocolate and use moderate proportions. According to Lake Champlain Chocolates, people are now truly appreciating the quality, richness in flavor, and health benefits of dark chocolate. At this point they actually sell more dark than milk chocolates.

Dark chocolate’s known health benefits, according to Lake Champlain Chocolates, are briefly described here:

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Cocoa improves cardiovascular function.

The Hershey Company, Hershey, PA, has announced preliminary results of a Yale University study confirming the cardiovascular health benefits of hot cocoa consumption. Conducted by the Yale Prevention Research Center, the study showed that drinking either sweetened or sugar-free hot cocoa made with Hershey’s Natural Cocoa powder can result in measurable improvements in arterial function.

In the study, 45 participants consumed a hot beverage containing either sugar-sweetened cocoa, sugar-free cocoa or a placebo without cocoa. Hershey’s Natural Cocoa, whose flavanol antioxidant levels are not reduced by the alkali process common to most commercially available hot cocoa mixes, was used. The study was a continuation of ongoing research into the health benefits of dark chocolate consumption.

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