date:May 26, 2012
ate and in particular dark varieties with high cocoa content, have been increasingly linked to health benefits in recent years.
Mars,for example, has funded a series of research projects to establish links between cocoa flavanols in chocolate and cardiovascular health.
In other recent studies, Nogueiraet al.suggested that epicatechin found in chocolate could improve mitochondria in mice, whileKatzet al.at Yale University conducted a study that linked chocolate intake to improved blood pressure