Key Takeaways

Eating dark chocolate every day might help lower your blood pressure.

Choose dark chocolate with at least 70% cocoa for more benefits.

Eat 6 to 25 grams of dark chocolate daily to see an effect.

Getting health benefits from chocolate might sound too good to be true, but some research suggests that eating dark chocolate every day may actually help lower blood pressure .

What the Research Says

Research shows that flavanols—natural compounds in cocoa—may help lower blood pressure in adults. Because dark chocolate is a rich source of flavanols, consuming it daily for at least 2 to 4 weeks has been associated with modest yet meaningful improvements in blood pressure.

On average, systolic blood pressure (the top number) dropped by about 2 to 4 mmHg, while diastolic press

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