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Study: Chocolate could reduce heart risk
Associated Press ^ | Mar 30, 2010 | MARIA CHENG

Posted on 03/30/2010 6:01:46 AM PDT by decimon

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They found people who had an average of six grams of chocolate per day — or about one square of a chocolate bar — had a 39 percent lower risk of either a heart attack or stroke. The study is scheduled to be published Wednesday in the European Heart Journal.

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1 posted on 03/30/2010 6:01:46 AM PDT by decimon
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To: neverdem; DvdMom; grey_whiskers

Ping.


2 posted on 03/30/2010 6:02:41 AM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

That and a shot of whiskey.


3 posted on 03/30/2010 6:03:20 AM PDT by DownInFlames
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To: decimon

Does this mean I have to give up red wine or should I do both?


4 posted on 03/30/2010 6:03:54 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: decimon

Thank God...We’re saved...


5 posted on 03/30/2010 6:04:44 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: decimon

The study proving chocolate causes cancer will be out next week.


6 posted on 03/30/2010 6:08:04 AM PDT by jessduntno ( If someone calls me racist, I reply "you are just saying that because I'm white!")
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To: decimon

Thank you Lord! :)


7 posted on 03/30/2010 6:10:08 AM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (Proverbs 18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding but in expressing his own heart.)
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To: decimon

8 posted on 03/30/2010 6:11:04 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: decimon

Oh my - I will live forever!!!


9 posted on 03/30/2010 6:11:24 AM PDT by Clintons Are White Trash (Lynn Stewart, Helen Thomas, Rosie ODonnell, Maureen Dowd, Medea Benjamin - The Axis of Ugly)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Dark, semi-sweet, life-saving PING!


10 posted on 03/30/2010 6:11:45 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies. Plan it.)
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To: DownInFlames

I once had some chocolate covered cherries that had whiskey in the liquid center. Quite good.


11 posted on 03/30/2010 6:13:59 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies. Plan it.)
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To: decimon

Well, the bad news is you’ll likely receive a square of chocolate instead of nito or beta blockers under Obamacare.


12 posted on 03/30/2010 6:14:00 AM PDT by edpc (Those Lefties just ain't right)
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Well, the bad news is you’ll likely receive a square of chocolate instead of nito or beta blockers under Obamacare.

And you’ll be charged $500 for the chocolate.


13 posted on 03/30/2010 6:18:09 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: null and void

You’re ahead of all these studies ping!


14 posted on 03/30/2010 6:22:16 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (It wasn’t “hope and change” it was “rope and chains”. Y'all just misheard him.))
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To: decimon

These Europeans, they can eat anything and stay healthy.


15 posted on 03/30/2010 6:32:16 AM PDT by Andrea19
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To: decimon

I’m safe!


16 posted on 03/30/2010 6:55:43 AM PDT by ottbmare (I could agree wth you, but then we'd both be wrong.)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde; Gabz; T Minus Four; vandy; ssaftler; trussell; fnord; HopeandGlory; ...
Free Republic Chocoholic Ping List Ping!
17 posted on 03/30/2010 7:00:54 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
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To: ottbmare

My heart should beat through eternity!


18 posted on 03/30/2010 7:06:48 AM PDT by Chickensoup (We have the government we deserve. Is our government our traitor?)
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To: Drango

decimon
Does this mean I have to give up red wine or should I do both?

float the chocolate on the wine.


19 posted on 03/30/2010 7:07:28 AM PDT by Chickensoup (We have the government we deserve. Is our government our traitor?)
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To: decimon

Another recent study said a dark chocolate bar a week prevents 50% of strokes. (thanks & a hat tip to Dr. Rosenfeld, FOX news)

The chocolate scientists have been very busy.

Corn syrup should not be the first ingredient if you are taking chocolate for health.


20 posted on 03/30/2010 7:10:16 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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