http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070324/hl_nm/heart_chocolate_dc_1



More evidence chocolate is good for us!! A small clinical study done recently shows that dark chocolate improves the function of blood vessels. Now if that isn't a good enough reason to eat more chocolate, I don't know what is. The members of the Chocolate Brigade are trying to further your good health, by collecting all chocolate and putting it in a safe place (lockbox) so that it can be given out at detrimental times in our life.....I mean your life.

Seriously, folks. Eat more dark chocolate.

During the six-week trial, 45 people were given 8 ounces (227 grams) of cocoa without sugar, cocoa with sugar or a placebo each day.

An upper arm artery's ability to relax and expand to accommodate increased blood flow -- known as flow mediated dilation (FMD) -- was measured using high-frequency ultrasound before and after daily cocoa or placebo consumption.

Of the 39 subjects who completed the trial, FMD improved significantly in both cocoa groups -- by 2.4 percent among those who had it without sugar and 1.5 percent among those who had it with sugar. It dropped 0.8 percent in the placebo group.

I'm going out to get some dark chocolate. I do care about my health.