From Boston, at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
How about drinking 5 cups of cocoa every day to keep your blood pressure down?
That regimen appears to work for the Kuna people of Central America. The Kunas’ cocoa is rich in chemicals, called flavanols, that aren’t present in large amounts in commercial cocoa, say the researchers who identified the connection.
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