TRIBUNNEWS.COM - you're a fan of chocolate? If so, blessed are you because a study says, eating lots of chocolate in effect, reduce the risk of stroke in women.
Research involving 33,000 Swedish women who say this adds to the fact that cocoa was good for heart health.
Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm analyzed data from a mammography study that included self-report how many women eating chocolate in 1997. The women ranged in age from 49-83 years.
Researchers found over the next decade, there were 1549 cases of stroke, and the women who ate more chocolate have a lower risk of stroke.
Chocolate intake was highest at that time consumption of 45 grams of chocolate per week. While the low-only 8.9 grams per week.
Nevertheless the research leader Susanna Larsson said, that this research has not fully applicable in real life. "Given the observational study design, findings from this study can not prove that chocolate was a lower risk of stroke," he explained.
For according to Larsson although cocoa good for the heart, the consumption of chocolate in a reasonable amount not also be counterproductive effect. "So this study does not give you a free pass to eat chocolate," he added.
Stroke is a serious medical condition that occurs when the blood supply to the brain is cut off. People aged over 65 years of age are most at risk of stroke. (Source: Sehatnews.com)
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