Mosley said the “golden rule” for these healthy goodies is: “The darker the chocolate the more bitter the chocolate, the higher the levels of these plant compounds. “Sadly, there are no flavonoids in white chocolate and very little in milk chocolate. Both of which I am extremely fond of.”The podcast speaks about plenty of evidence linked to chocolate including a recent study done in Portugal. “They asked 30 healthy volunteers to eat 20 grams a day for a month [and] found that doing so reduced blood pressure by a small but significant amount,” said Mosley.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 05, 2021 15:43 UTC