Good news chocoholics, it turns out that this tasty little treat is good for your heart.  According to an Italian study, dark chocolate has the potential to significantly reduce the inflammation that leads to cardiovascular disease.  

“Studies have shown that heart benefits from dark chocolate include increased blood flow, less platelet stickiness and clotting, and improved LDL (bad) cholesterol,” says Mary Engler, PhD, RN, and chocolate researcher from the University of California, San Francisco.  Read more »

Blood pressure, otherwise known as hypertension, represents the pressure of the blood against the walls of your arteries and can result from two internal forces.  The first one is created by the heart as it pumps blood through the circulatory system into the arteries.  The second is the force of the arteries as they resist the blood flow.   Read more »