Saturday, April 17, 2010


Cocoa-rich dark chocolate could be prescribed for the people with liver cirrhosis in future, following the latest research to show potential benefits of chocolate.Spanish researchers said that eating dark chocolate capped the usual after –meal rise in abdominal blood pressure, which can reach dangerous levels in cirrhotic patients and,in severe cases,lead to blood vessel rupture.A study of 21 patient with end stage liver disease found those given a meal containing 85%- cocoa dark chocolate had a markedly smaller rise in blood pressure in the liver,or portal hypertension,than those given white chocolate .the results were presented at the meeting of the European Association for the study of liver in Vienna.

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