Re: Lessons of Heart Disease - Learned and Ignored

On Apr 8, 3:05 pm, "Old Tom" <rascal...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/health/08heart.html?_r=2&hp=&adxnnl...

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Mon Apr 9, 4:12 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some may see a cup of tea as soothing but
chocolate is more likely to lower one's blood pressure, German
researchers reported on Monday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070409/hl_nm/heart_cocoa_dc


Foods rich in cocoa appear to reduce blood pressure but drinking green
and black tea may not, according to an analysis of previously
published research in the Archives of Internal Medicine, published by
the American Medical Association.

The drop in blood pressure among participants who consumed cocoa
products for at least two weeks was in the same range as achieved by
someone taking drugs commonly prescribed to control high blood
pressure.

The fall in blood pressure credited to cocoa could be expected to
reduce the risk of strokes and heart attacks by 10-20 percent, the
report said.

Both cocoa and tea contain polyphenols, a class of chemicals known to
help prevent cardiovascular disease that are present in most fruits
and vegetables. But cocoa has a different type than tea -- procyanids
-- that appear to be more active.

Currently, patients with high blood pressure are urged to eat more
fruits and vegetables, although cocoa and tea products account for the
bulk of total polyphenol consumption in Western countries, the study
said.

But don't start gobbling up chocolate bars just yet, wrote study
author Dirk Taubert of the University Hospital of Cologne, Germany.

Treats such as dark chocolate might be substituted for other high-
calorie desserts, based on the study's findings, but "we believe that
any dietary advice must account for the high sugar, fat and calorie
intake with most cocoa products.

"Rationally applied, cocoa products might be considered part of
dietary approaches to lower hypertension risk," he wrote.

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