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Lowering blood pressure with chocolate

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Chocolate has been getting a lot of good press recently, as the antioxidant count and the effect the sweet concoction has on the body is generally very good. That is, eating the dark kind and not the milk chocolate kind that is filled with refined sugars and such.

Dark chocolate seems to lower blood pressure, according to a new study. The interesting thing here is that the amount eaten to see these effects is less than the amount of two Hershey's kisses added together. In other words, eating a very small portion of dark chocolate and seeing an effect on blood pressure seems a great idea for almost everyone, right?

If you are a chocolate fan, you probably already eat dark chocolate instead of milk chocolate. If not, try some today and see what you think. After all, can't you just picture your blood pressure being lowered just reading this?

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