Chocolate a Sweet Remedy for Many Ills
Updated: 2012-03-29 17:00:34
Health News Chocolate a Sweet Remedy for Many Ills Print E-mail THURSDAY , March 29 HealthDay News International researchers have uncovered even more healthy properties of flavanols the antioxidants found in cocoa . beans Eighteen chocolate-centered studies including investigations of how cocoa might affect blood pressure , heart disease , painful nerve disorders and cancer risk were to be presented Wednesday at the American Chemical Society's annual meeting in San . Diego Some caveats : Most of the studies have not yet been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal , so those findings are preliminary . Many studies were also small in scope , with relatively few participants . And some were animal studies , and results might not translate to . humans While larger , observational