Yes! Study finds chocolate good for the heart
But it has to be dark, and it takes only a small amount to help
By LINDSEY TANNER
Associated Press
July 4, 2007

CHICAGO — Here's some good and bad news for chocoholics: Dark chocolate seems to lower blood pressure, but it requires an amount that is less than two Hershey's Kisses to do it, a small study suggests.

The new research from Germany adds to mounting evidence linking dark chocolate with health benefits, but it's the first to suggest that just a tiny amount may suffice.

Volunteers for the study were randomly assigned to eat just over 6 grams — equal to about 1 1/2 Hershey's Kisses — of either dark chocolate or white chocolate daily for almost five months. The people eating the dark chocolate experienced a drop in blood pressure without any weight gain, doctors found, compared with no change in blood pressure readings in the white chocolate group. the rest