In another research study published in the BMJ, the higher levels of
chocolate consumption reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease by 37 % and strokes by 29 %, significantly more than compared to lower levels of chocolate consumption.
... higher levels of
chocolate consumption reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease by 37 % and strokes by 29 %...
Several studies [3, 4] have found that
chocolate consumption reduces risk of dementia and enhances performance on tests of cognitive function.
New studies show dark
chocolate consumption reduces stress and inflammation, while improving memory, immunity and mood LLUH News
Not exact matches
Removing
chocolate milk from school cafeterias may
reduce calorie and sugar
consumption, but it may also lead students to take less milk overall, drink less (waste more) of the white milk they do take, and no longer purchase school lunch.
Kona Ice, which sells sugary shaved ice drinks; World's Finest
Chocolate, a small number of school districts, and a company called TiFry that sells «a device that not only assists with
reducing cooking oil
consumption but will
reduce calories in fried foods.»
Despite the negative results, Semba says, studies have shown that
consumption of red wine, dark
chocolate and berries does
reduce inflammation in some people and still appears to protect the heart.
To receive the libido - enhancing effects of
chocolate, I recommend dramatically
reducing sugar
consumption in the rest of your diet and only eating dark
chocolate.
Now, newer research from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has revealed that the
consumption of
chocolate, or its active constituents (cocoa, flavan -3-ols),
reduces a broad range of risk factors for cardiovascular disease, some of which include insulin resistance.
This comes in the wake of over a decade worth of research showing that
chocolate and / or cocoa lowers blood pressure, prevents or ameliorates endothelial dysfunction (a primary contributor to atherosclerosis), protects against coronary artery disease,
reduces stroke risk, prevents cholesterol oxidation (which converts healthy lipoproteins into artherogenic ones), to name only 5 of 70 + potential health benefits associated with its regular
consumption.
Studies on dark
chocolate consumption confirm they may help
reduce blood pressure, insulin resistance and heart disease.
The authors dared to hypothesize that modest, regular
chocolate consumption might be calorie - neutral — in other words, that the metabolic benefits of eating modest amounts of
chocolate might lead to
reduced fat deposition per calorie and approximately offset the added calories (thus rendering frequent, though modest,
chocolate consumption neutral with regard to weight).
According to Juliette Jowit in the Guardian, the report says «total food
consumption should be
reduced, especially «low nutritional value» treats such as alcohol, sweets and
chocolates.»