Could hot
COCOA be the next "wonder drug"
for high blood pressure?
Harvard researchers praise stunningly simple discovery!
According to recent estimates, nearly 1-in-3 American adults has high
blood pressure. But for the Kuna Indians living on a group of islands
off the Caribbean coast of Panama , hypertension doesn't even exist.
In fact, after age 60, the average blood pressure for Kuna Indian
islanders is a perfect 110/70.
Is it because they eat less salt? No. Kuna Indians eat as much, if not
more salt, than people in the U.S.
Is it due to their genes? No. Kuna Indians who move away from the
islands are just as likely to suffer from high blood pressure as
anyone else!
So what makes these folks practically "immune" to hypertension -- and
lets them enjoy much lower death rates from heart attacks, strokes,
diabetes, and cancer?
Harvard researchers were stunned to discover it's because they drink
about 5 cups of cocoa each day. That's right, cocoa!
Studies show the flavonols in cocoa stimulate your body's production
of nitric oxide -- boosting blood flow to your heart, brain, and other
organs. In fact, one study found cocoa thins your blood just as well
as low-dose aspirin!
But that's not all. A Harvard Medical School professor claims cocoa
can also treat blocked arteries, congestive heart failure, stroke,
dementia, even impotence!
BTW any doctors around to confirm this!?~?!~? =)
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“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”-
2 Corinthians 5:21