Study: Eating a few bars of dark chocolate a day can help lower blood pressure.

Original title: Study: Eating a few dark chocolates a day can help lower blood pressure
A new study from the University of Coimbra in Portugal shows that people who eat a few dark chocolates a day can lower their blood pressure within a month. Although milk chocolate is also good for the body, dark chocolate with 90% cocoa content works best.
because dark chocolate is rich in the powerful antioxidant flavanol, according to researchers. Flavanols can help reduce insulin resistance, regulate weight, and even speed wound healing.
To determine the effects of chocolate on the heart, the researchers asked 30 healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 27 to eat 20 grams of chocolate a day for 30 consecutive days and measured the participants' heart rate, arterial hardness and pulse after the experiment began. At the same time, the participants were fasted on other foods rich in flavanols, such as berries, tea and wine, to avoid affecting the results. During the experiment, 15 participants ate chocolate with 55 percent cocoa content and 15 participants consumed chocolate with 90 percent cocoa content. The results showed that blood pressure improved significantly in all participants, but the high cocoa content group was more effective. The findings were published in the journal Nutrition.
blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg). Systolic pressure measures the pressure when the heart drains blood from the body, while espresso pressure is the pressure on the heart to rest between beats. According to the NHS, normal systolic pressure is between 90 and 120 mmHg and espresso pressure is between 60 and 80 mmHg. In the above-mentioned experiments, participants in the high cocoa content group decreased their systolic pressure by 3.5 mmHg, espresso pressure decreased by 2.3 mmHg, while the systolic pressure in the low cocoa content group decreased by 2.4 mmHg and espresso pressure decreased by 1.7 mmHg. The high cocoa-content group also had healthier pulse rates. However, the researchers noted that the participants' heart data did not change during the experiment. This may be because the study lasted only 30 days and was only aimed at healthy young people.
similar studies are usually aimed at middle-term people with the disease. The advantage of this study is that it was the first to be conducted in young people. As a result, the researchers say they will further study the heart benefits of chocolate and its optimal consumption, hoping the results will support chocolate as an effective way to address heart health problems. They claim that future research should look at how chocolate fits into our diet to achieve better health benefits.