Hooray for dark chocolate! Eating about 30 calories a day of dark chocolate — that's about half an ounce — was shown to help lower blood pressure without weight gain or other adverse effects, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
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Dark Chocolate is good for you..get Hershey's sugar free..eat one piece a day
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Absolutely true. I have been eating a small amount of dark chocolate daily for awhile now (at least 70% cocoa).
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