Chocolate and Stroke Risk
Dark chocolate is pitted against milk chocolate in a test of artery function.
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More on chocolate in:
• A Treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ( )
• Dark Chocolate and Artery Function ( )
• Does Chocolate Cause Weight Gain? ( )
More on stroke prevention in:
• How to Prevent a Stroke ( )
• Preventing Strokes with Diet ( )
• PREDIMED: Does Eating Nuts Prevent Strokes? ( )
And speaking of stroke, stay tuned for my next video Does Diet Soda Increase Stroke Risk as Much as Regular Soda? ( )
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I use 100% cacao in my coffee and I love dark chocolate, I could never go 16 years without chocolate.
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I am quite surprised that the negative health effects of chocolate are not documented. For example how the caffeine will affect your digestion long term…
The benefits outweigh the risks, just like aspirin.
FYI:
8 oz cup of coffee has 95 mg of caffeine.
1 tbsp of cacao only has 12 mg.
Yes, coffee is probably a lot more worse than chocoloate.
Well I don’t want to eat something that contains caffeine nor theobromine. There are not enough studies to show the true health effect of chocolate as Dr. Greger states at the end of the video. It would be nice to see more studies on how stimulants affect the human body long term. Chocolate is a stimulant – I don’t think any nutritional doctor would disagree with that.
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There are people who are allergic to chocolate as well as some who don’t like it. They would be perfect subjects for a long term study on those who don’t eat chocolate. I’m surprised the researchers have not tapped into this resource.
I personally dislike child labour involved in production of cocoa. This issue has not been properly addressed internationally and it definitely diminishes my appetite for chocolate. There might be people out there deliberately avoiding chocolate products (in addition to those allergic, because those allergic are somehow different than those not allergic, so not an ideal control group), though some producers have started limited campaigns of being able to trace the origins of their cocoa and making sure children are not involved in production.
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His book says 3 cups of beans/ lentils/ tofu/ soya beans, and 3 to 6 tbs servings of nuts/ seeds. 3 to 4 servings of grains. 1 to 3 cups of greens.
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I’m still confused on cocoa, I hear many claiming that it’s bad for you and that you can over dose on it, of course if you get too much of anything it is bad for you, but I also hear plenty of good about cocoa as well, so what is the ideal amount of cocoa should one take daily? weekly? monthly? and do the pros out weigh the cons?
The people claiming cacao is bad for you are quacks, there are no published studies saying it’s harmful…the added sugar to chocolate bars on the other hand is bad.
Cocoa = alkali processed, not that much antioxidants.
100% Cacao = unprocessed beans that retain all of their antioxidants.
If cocoa had any negative health effects, even in excessive consumption, I would be long dead!
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For anyone who’s wondering, Deep Fried Mars Bars are life ♥♥♥… until it kills you.
But seriously, they taste delicious but make you feel sick for like an hour.
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I used to eat deep fried pizza with chips and brown sauce regularly from the chippy when I grew up in Scotland. I didn’t know any better. It’s so important to teach out children good nutrition
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My mom eats the most bitter dark chocolate ever. So that’s healthy at least.
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But it has saturated fat
@Grandpa Павлески She eats 99% cocoa chocolate. It’s basically sintered cocoa powder.
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I’m going to throw the cat among the pigeons here and suggest that the chocolate’s action is related to the theobromine. It kills dogs though internal bleeding because it weakens their blood vessels. If it weakens ours but not enough to cause bleeding then maybe (just maybe) it’s possible that long term it causes hardening. I say this for 2 reasons, first I get leg cramps if I eat dark chocolate, and second dark chocolate is the only high fat thing I consume and jet have needed a quad bypass. Anyhow, all I want to do is add to the information base upon which conclusions are drawn.
Interesting point! We do metabolise theobromine a lot faster than domestic animals though so it doesn’t really affect humans unless in much greater quantities.
Still you have me questioning it!
It sounds a bit like my story – I went more and more low fat vegan and then I started being addicted to dark chocolate eating it everyday – and I also starting getting leg cramps, but of course we are not satisfied with anecdotes we like double, blind randomized evidence based research so maybe someone could design a new research and put it to the test. ( and I will continue my personal case study trying to stop eating chocolate for two weeks and see if it makes a difference 😀🍀💚🐸
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Cacao nibs- whole food chocolate benefits without the added fat and sugar. I mix them into my oatmeal.
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Can’t go wrong with Oats with Cocoa, Cinnamon and Blueberries.
Here’s a simple experiment anyone can conduct on their own: measure your blood pressure at the same time each day following the same routine (like sit for a half hour before the test) and don’t eat dark chocolate during this period. Then continue to take your blood pressure, but eat a square or two of 85% cacao chocolate at least 2 hours before.
I think you will find a significant drop in your blood pressure after eating the chocolate.
That dark chocolate makes my heart race afterwards
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Good video and a natural narrator.