People who eat a bar of dark chocolate in the morning and drink a glass of red wine at night are lowering their blood pressure and so prolonging their lives. Even better would be to also cut down on salt and step up exercise.Eating chocolate reduces blood pressure by about 2-3 millimetres of ercury while exercise and other dietary measures can reduce blood pressure by 3-7 millimetres. The effect on blood pressure of a daily dose of cocoa for two weeks. Cocoa is rich in flavanols, which are known to dilate blood vessels and so allow blood to flow more freely. “Smaller dosages may be as effective as larger dosages.But a 100-gram bar of dark chocolate would be a handy dosage. Flavanols
are also present in green tea, dark berries and red wine.
Salt is known to elevate blood pressure.Exercise helps reduce blood pressure. “Dark chocolate has 50-85 per cent cocoa and milk chocolate up to 30 perent.As the flavanol content is responsible for blood pressure reduction, cocoa-rich foods are preferable.
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