Now there's another excuse to indul...

Now there's another excuse to indulge in that piece of chocolate you've been squirreling away. According to a consideration conducted in the Netherlands, catechins (compound lay the foundation of in black tea, apples and chocolate) may change into the risk of heart disease.

Researchers in the Netherlands manner of lifeed a study to evaluate the association between catechins and heart disease and hit according to a report in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The researchers fix that an increased intake of 50 mg of catechins was associated with a 25 percent decrease in risk of death from heart disease. Fifty milligrams of catechins is equivalent to the same cup of black tea plus a small piece of dark chocolate or pair large apples. The researchers did not, however, find an association between catechin intake and stroke

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