Daily Intake of Dark Chocolate May Reduce Heart Attack Risk

Daily intake dark chocolate can cause a reduction in cardiovascular events, an example would be heart attacks and strokes, in individuals with metabolic syndrome, finds research published on bmj.com.

Dark chocolate (containing a minimum of 60 % cocoa solids) is steeped in flavonoids recognized by have heart-protecting consequences though this has only been previously investigated in short-term clinical trials.

So a group of experts from Melbourne, Australia put to use a mathematical kind to forecast the long-term health and well-being effects and cost-effectiveness of daily dark chocolate consumption in 2,013 people already at higher risk of heart disease.

All individuals had high blood pressure and met the standards for metabolic infirmity, but had no predisposition heart disease or diabetes and were not on blood pressure-lowering session.

With 100 % conformity (best case scenario), the scientists showed that daily dark chocolate consumption could potentially prevent 70 non-fatal and 15 fatal cardiovascular events per 10,000 people handled over a decade.

Even though compliance stages were really decreased to 80 %, the volume of non-fatal and fatal events possibly averted was 55 and 10 per 10,000 people handled over a decade, and could continue to be considered an efficient treatment method.