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Could Chowing Down on Cocoa Fix Your Heart?

Flavanols from cocoa have emerged as a superfood for your heart, reducing death from cardiovascular disease as well as the incidence of heart attacks and stroke.

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Dr. Joseph Mercola
Apr 01, 2022
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cocoa flavanols and cardiovascular health

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

  • In the first large-scale trial to evaluate the long-term effects of cocoa flavanols on heart disease, notable benefits were uncovered

  • Those who received cocoa flavanols had a 27% reduction in death from cardiovascular disease, and incidence of three cardiovascular events — heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular deaths — was also signi…

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