date:Sep 12, 2012
People who eat a bar of dark chocolate in the morning and drink a glass of red wine at night are lowering their blood pressure and so prolonging their lives.
Even better would be to also cut down on salt and step up exercise, Adelaide Universitys Karin Ried said.
Eating chocolate reduces blood pressure by about 2-3 millimetres of mercury (while) exercise and other dietary measures can reduce blood pressure by 3-7 millimetres.
Reid and her team of fellow Australians picked apart 20 studies in