Here's a great Christmas present
- have discovered
that eating chocolate is good
for you!
A few squares of every day could
help reduce the risk of disease, researchers
have found.
The yummy stuff contains something
called that prevent the
tubes pumping blood to the heart
- the - from narrowing.
But the Swiss team found that
eating did not have any
healthy benefits!
The scientists made their discovery
after carrying out tests on a
group of 20 healthy .
The men were asked not to eat
foods rich in anti-oxydants -
such as onions, apples and cabbage
- before being fed (2oz) portions
of different types of chocolate.
After hours, special
scans showed that dark chocolate
had " improved"
blood flow to the heart.
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