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A few bits of dark chocolate a day can have the same benefit as aspirin in reducing blood clots and preventing heart attacks, researchers said Tuesday in a study of chocolate lovers.

"What these chocolate 'offenders' taught us is that the chemical in cocoa beans has a biochemical effect similar to aspirin in reducing platelet clumping which can be fatal if a clot forms and blocks a blood vessel, causing a heart attack," lead researcher Diane Becker told the annual conference of the American Heart Association, in Chicago.

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine professor cautioned that her work is not intended as a prescription to gobble up huge amounts of chocolate candy laced with health offending substances like sugar, butter and cream.

However, she said that two tablespoons a day of dark chocolate, meaning the purest form of the candy made from dried extract of roasted cocoa beans, may be just what the doctor ordered.

For almost 20 years, scientists have known that dark chocolate, rich in chemicals called flavonoids, lowers blood pressure and has other beneficial effects on blood flow.

Becker's findings show that normal, everyday doses of chocolate found in ordinary foods is enough to provide clot-controlling benefit, rather than the kilos (several pounds) of chocolate earlier studies said were needed for flavonoids to have a significant effect.

"Eating a little bit of chocolate or having a drink of hot cocoa as part of a regular diet is probably good for personal health, so long as people don't eat too much of it, and too much of the kind with lots of butter and sugar," said Becker.

The study is based on tests conducted on 139 subjects who were disqualified from an earlier, larger study on the effects of aspirin on blood platelets because they did not refrain from eating chocolate.

Their "offense," researchers said, led to what is believed to be the first biochemical explanation of why people who eat a few pieces of chocolate a day lower their risk of dying of a heart attack by almost one half. - AFP/fa

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sapphire

:love4: more reason to eat chocolate!!!!!

Sheng4Eva

then u can grow fatter ...

violette

i dun like dark chocolate de... i prefer milk ones

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sapphire

:speechless: ya hor.....:cry3:

Sheng4Eva

but nevermind la ... do more exercise !

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Lethia

i dont like dark chocolate also.. :cry3: only can eat milk or white chocolate.

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sapphire

think im e weird one...
i dun like milk or white chocolate...
i find its too sweet

i only like dark chocolate.. e darker e better..
i like e bitter taste..

lifeofagirl

i don't love chocolates. don't hate too..
just feel neutral abt it. and i wont feel happy just by taking it..

am i weird.

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sapphire

then we both are weird:rock:

lifeofagirl

ya.. don't understand why so many people loves it.. i think i get tired of it easily after a few bites

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sapphire

i wont get tired of it as long as its dark choco...

dun understand y pple like milk choco also..
its taste so sweet.. its like eating surgar

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