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RISK FOR CVD DEATH WITH THE HIGHEST COCOA USERS – (04-24-06)

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Cocoa Intake, Blood Pressure, and Cardiovascular Mortality

Tea, red wine, chocolate, coffee, cocoa…all these have at one time been considered not good for us. Fortunately for us, all of these polyphenol-containing compounds have been found to be protective against a variety of chronic diseases.

In this study, the authors found a whopping half the risk for CVD death with the highest cocoa users.

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THE RELATIONSHIP OF COFFEE CONSUMPTION WITH MORTALITY (05-04-09)

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While the idea of a protective mechanism of coffee on chronic disease is not a big surprise given the low calorie and high polyphenol content, the risk reductions for all cause mortality were a little higher than I would have expected and demonstrated somewhat of a parabolic curve, with higher intakes have less protection. In men, greater than 6 cups / day led to a large 20% reduction in death. In women, 4-5 cups / day led to an 26% reduction, while greater than 6 cups / day led to a reduced (but still great) 17% reduction. These are pretty large numbers for something that had been viewed as detrimental for many years. So much for dogma.

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