Chocolate's Antioxidant Benefits Better than Red Wine's
| September/October 2000
Chocolate’s benefits are as good for the heart as tea, apples or very mild aspirin in reducing the risk of blood clotting, protecting against stress on the heart and relaxing blood vessels, reported scientists from the University of California at Davis to the European Society of Cardiology. They said those benefits proved to be better than those of red wine. According to an Aug. 29 article in The Times of Britain, nutritional expert Dr. Harold Schmitz, “said that, although calorific, chocolate is high in antioxidants—natural chemicals that protect against disease. A 40g bar of dark chocolate contained double the amount in a glass of red wine. His studies also showed that chocolate was rich in a strong antioxidant, procyanidin.” The British Heart Foundation’s medical director told The Times that the research did not yet prove chocolate prevents heart disease. Mars funded the research presented. |
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