A new study of more than 33 thousand Swedish woman that those who ate 66 grams of chocolate - the equivalent of a board and half board - once a week I have the chance of stroke by 20%, and that women who consumed 8 grams or less per week was a risk with the highest .
And add the results published in the American College of Cardiology importance of additional studies to confirm an earlier health benefits of eating chocolate and coca.
The Daily Telegraph that experts from Cambridge University, discovered earlier this year that taking regular doses of chocolate can reduce the risk of heart disease by one third, while a separate study pointed to the possibility that chocolate be good for health such as sports.
Referred to as the scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm Astntqgua 33,372 women for their eating habits in 1997 and over the next decade of 1600 the case suffered a stroke.
Said Susan Larson, one of three researchers who participated in the study they followed 33,000 women over ten years and found that women who ate large quantities of chocolate was a risk of stroke have less than about 20%.
Larson said he was expected to help the chocolate in the prevention of stroke because it reduces blood pressure, and thus reduce a major risk factor.
It is noteworthy that the women who participated in the experiment is not Sahin you were chocolate they ate dark or light, a difference that would have helped in determining the link between the more compact coca - preventive factor in chocolate - and the risk of stroke.
It is expected that the researchers are now conducting a similar study on men and expect to find similar results.
Source: The Daily Telegraph