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.