Elderly and middle-aged women who eat a small amount of chocolate every week have a reduced risk of developing heart failure, Swedish researchers reported in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal. The study, which lasted nine years, involved 31,823 middle-aged and elderly Swedish women – it examined the relationship between high-quality chocolate consumption and heart failure risk. The chocolate that the women consumed had a much higher cocoa content than typical American dark chocolate…

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