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Written by Chandan Das

Sunday, 30 December 2007

SATURDAY, DEC 29, 2007, (News Locale) - If you are a connoisseur of chocolates and have been guzzling them regularly, think again for a recent study has claimed that the myth that chocolate is good for health, is actually misleading. According to an editorial in the renowned British medical journal ‘The Lancelet’, chocolates may after all not be all that good for your health

Coming close on a report that claims that flavanol-rich chocolate had a beneficial effect on circulation, the article says that although flavanols, derived from plant chemicals, protect the heart, normally chocolate manufacturers remove this owing to its bitter taste.

Absence of flavanols and presence of high quantity of fat and sugar makes chocolates harmful for the heart and arteries. Even white or milk chocolates offer no health benefits, the report says.

A research conducted by Dr Andreas Flammer and his team from the Cardiovascular Centre in Zurich on 11 heart transplant patients, have claimed that flavanol-rich chocolates open up blood vessels and improve the functioning of the heart.

Similarly, another study has ascertained that consuming small amounts of dark chocolates can help to ease high blood pressure. However, the report published in The Lancelot argues that dark chocolates may not essentially contain flavanols as they can be colored even after the chemical is removed from the delicacy.

The report further states that normally chocolate manufacturers do not provide any information on their product pack regarding the presence or absence of flavanols making it difficult for the consumers to ascertain the benefits or harms of consuming the products.

The study suggests that people consuming even moderate amounts of dark chocolates should essentially control their diet with a view to balance their calorie intakes.

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1. 31-12-2007 11:57

Didn't a couple of years back someone pointed out that dark chocolates were GOOD for health?

I remember in early ninteties someone pointed out that tomatoes were good for health. in the mid nineties some other researcher pointed out that tomatoes had carcinogenic properties.
In the LATE ninteties someone researched that tomatoes had some OTHER good healthy attributes.. in the early part of this century osmeone refuted that claim.

so looks like the war of useless research and wasted money is shifted to another useless thing as chocolates.

Of course theres nothing ELSE to research about is there? Like AIDS, Bird Flu, polio? I mean..these diseases can ONLY affect a piddling 100 million people every year..not worth researching upon!!!

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2. 01-01-2008 04:08

The medical research ,of late ,has become more like daily newspapaper- reciting wonders and follies of man.
I think the best way is the path of moderation- eat and drink everything in moderate and follow the signals of your own body. you will live longer & healthy.

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