Eat Dark Chocolate,It Might Lower Your Blood Pressure

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Eating 30 Calories Per Day of Dark Chocolate May Lower High Blood Pressure
By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MDJuly 3, 2007 -- The health benefits of dark chocolate may include lowering high blood pressure, German researchers report.

But overindulging in dark chocolate might blow your calorie budget, and packing on pounds could raise blood pressure. So portion control may help you have your dark chocolate and reap its health benefits, the new study suggests.

Small amounts of dark chocolate "efficiently reduced blood pressure," report the researchers, who included Dirk Taubert, MD, PhD, of Germany's University Hospital of Cologne.