tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24321037569946917472024-03-13T09:32:39.825-07:00Chocolate In The NewsChocolate, Nature's SuperfoodLeslie Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01311455710951927223noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432103756994691747.post-90295887310663002142010-11-22T09:37:00.000-08:002010-11-22T09:45:29.340-08:00Chocolate Lowers High Blood Pressure Better Than Drugs<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4864042453_a4dc9d71e1_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4864042453_a4dc9d71e1_m.jpg" /></a></div><h1 class="Headline" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: lighter; line-height: 28px; text-align: left; word-spacing: -1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: 24px; line-height: 28px; word-spacing: -1px;">Dark Chocolate, the new wonder drug?</span></span></h1><h1 class="Headline" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: lighter; line-height: 28px; text-align: left; word-spacing: -1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: 24px; line-height: 28px; word-spacing: -1px;"></span>A new study published in the <i><a href="http://journals.lww.com/cardiovascularpharm/Abstract/publishahead/Effects_of_Cocoa_Extract_and_Dark_Chocolate_on.99606.aspx">Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology</a></i> explains how flavanols from <a href="http://marcriollo.com/wordpress/" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration: none;">cacao</a> and dark chocolate inhibit the action of angiotensin to influence the body`s fluid balance, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; word-spacing: 0px;">effectively lowering dangerous high blood pressure as well or even better than many pharmaceuticals.</span></h1><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><h1 class="Headline" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: lighter; line-height: 28px; text-align: left; word-spacing: -1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Dark Chocolate</b></span></h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's important to note that the results were produced using unsweetened cacao as found in many specialty dark chocolates. The same benefits would not be conferred with commonly available sweetened milk chocolate and semi-sweet varieties. The US has no official definition for dark chocolate, so check label for cacao content. The higher the percentage, the greater the benefits. For a good balance between flavor and health benefits, look for between 50% and 70% cacao.</span><br />
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by: John Phillip, citizen journalist<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">High blood pressure is a critical concern as it significantly raises the incidence of vascular disease and stroke. As a result of stress, poor diet and lifestyle, enzymes in our body produce a substance known as angiotensin II that causes blood vessels to narrow and blood pressure to increase. Standard medical practice is to prescribe ACE inhibitors to slow the action of these enzymes, often with mixed results and always with dangerous side effects. Researchers have now confirmed that natural flavanols found in cacao from chocolate effectively lower blood pressure.</span><br />
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<b>Natural Flavanols from Cacao Effectively Regulate Blood Pressure</b><br />
Researchers have known for some time that the active catechins and procyanidins in many fruits, vegetables and green tea promote health and protect against disease through a variety of biochemical mechanisms. The results of a study published in the <i>Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology</i> explain how flavanols from <a href="http://marcriollo.com/wordpress/" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration: none;">cacao</a> and dark chocolate inhibit the action of angiotensin to influence the body`s fluid balance and effectively regulate blood pressure.</span><br />
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The study involved ten men and six women aged 20 to 45 who were fed 75 grams of unsweetened chocolate with a cacao content of 72%. Blood samples were taken before and again after eating the sample chocolate to analyze the activity of the ACE enzyme. Researchers were amazed to find that the enzyme activity was reduced by 18%, effectively lowering dangerous blood pressure as well or even better than many pharmaceuticals. <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/030473_chocolate_blood_pressure.html">(read more...)</a></span>Leslie Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01311455710951927223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432103756994691747.post-11563574354154321292010-11-19T18:00:00.000-08:002010-11-22T09:42:42.947-08:00Chocolate Just Got Healthier!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 12px;"></span><br />
<h1 style="color: #333333; font: normal normal normal 2.6em/normal Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Chocolate Just Got Healthier!</span></h1><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Chocolate In The News</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Friday, November 19, 2010</span></div><div>If you are looking for an excuse to eat chocolate, you are in luck! We all know how yummy good chocolate is and more and more we have been hearing that it's also good for us. New research reveals the health effects of dark chocolate are so powerful that eating a little each day can actually regulate your blood pressure<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">. </span></div><h1 style="color: #333333; font: normal normal normal 2.6em/normal Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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Prior to this study, scientists were aware of the health benefits related to dark chocolate consumption, but unclear of the mechanisms behind these effects.</div><div class="body_txt" style="color: #1d1d1d; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-spacing: 0.3px;"><br />
Don't get too excited -- Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Mike Roizen, the authors of the best-selling YOU and RealAge book series, advise that the flavonoid antioxidants in dark chocolate are so powerful that a tiny piece will suffice. "You don't need a whole bar. Artery-friendly flavonols in dark chocolate are so powerful that a daily piece the size of a Hershey's Kiss can lower your blood pressure," they say.<br />
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