Some chocolate a day keeps the dr away

[Mrs Behavin]

They were so addicted, they just could not give up their favorite daily snack — not even in the interest of science.
But chocolate lovers who flunked out of a Johns Hopkins University study on aspirin and heart disease helped researchers stumble on an explanation of why a little chocolate a day can cut the risk of heart attack.
It turns out chocolate, like aspirin, affects the platelets that cause blood to clot, Diane Becker of the Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine and her colleagues discovered.
"What these chocolate offenders taught us is that the chemical in cocoa beans has a biochemical effect similar to aspirin in reducing platelet clumping, which can be fatal if a clot forms and blocks a blood vessel, causing a heart attack," Becker said in a telephone interview.

Daily chocolate cuts heart attack risk - Health - MSNBC.com

 

[Crazy Legs!]

If chocolate can decrease the risk of a heart-attack what can vanilla do?

 

[hhayes]

interesting i guess i should eat more chocolate

 

[Peter Parka]

Don't eat chocolate myself. Now if they descovered beer was good for you......

 

[Charmer]

Always liked dark chocolate. A few years ago when "they" said it was good for you, too, better than milk chocolate, I was so...............................just that much hungry for more dark chocolate!

 

[elluko]

Time to break out the Halloween candy!

 

[sharpies]

Peter, a glass of red wine a day is supposed to be good for you, so by my reckoning, think how good a whole bottle a day would be.

mmm... alchomohol

Allan