Chocolate may reduce heart disease by 37%
Chocolate may reduce heart disease by 37% and strokes by 29% according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.
Just in time for Valentine's Day, new research reveals just how chocolate ``loves'' the heart with cocoa's antioxidant compounds known as polyphenols that boost production of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and lower levels of low-density lipoprotein.