Two benefits contained in dark chocolate improve flexibility it is hardened arteries , and prevents white blood attaches to the inside of the vessel wall . Both conditions it can form plaque , which block the vessels and causes heart disease .
These findings tracked by experts from the Netherlands in a study of 44 middle-aged and overweight are given 70 grams of dark chocolate and milk per day during the two periods of four weeks each .
The content of the heart-healthy chocolate that is organic mix called flavanols , which are also found in vegetables , fruits and green tea .
Gerald Weissmann , editor of the FASEB Journal that published the study , said the researchers found there was something in flavanols from dark chocolate that makes people more liked than milk chocolate .
