Heart disease, diabetes and chocolates?

Posted by Blogr Mom on May 2nd, 2008 filed in Health

Apparently some research is being done in the UK to see if eating chocolates can reduce the risks of diabetic postmenopausal women developing heart disease. These lucky women get to eat one bar of chocolate every day for a year. They can come and take me, I’d go willingly.
Cocoa, from which chocolate is made, is high in substances known as flavonoids which are thought to be beneficial to the heart. Soy is also high in flavonoids. It is important for the researchers to find out if there’s a link because post-menopausal women who have diabetes are 3 times more likely to develop heart disease than those who are not diabetic. This would help to augment the actions of prescription medication.
Well, for one thing, our ladies will have to do a little bit more exercise or compensate in other ways for those extra calories!!