Should You Be Eating Dark Chocolate? By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Posted Mon, Oct 03, 2005, 11:18 am PDT

1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Oct 03, 2005, 12:58 pm PDT

I answered a newspaper advertisement that was looking for test subjects. They needed 20 patients but I wagered with the technicians that I would be the only participant. Naturally, I chose the white chocolate also know as almond bark. I immediately started to lose blood pressure and I wanted to know where the blood went to? The scientist each cleared their throats and made little grunts as if they were embarrassed about some facts that remained elusive to me. I continued to enjoy the white chocolate and complained about getting light-headed. One of the egg-heads told me not to fight it. I must admit, I very much liked the feeling and the flavor! After the test they set me in a waiting room with some other people who had given blood to the Red Cross. I thought their donation were more heroic but I could see, they needed some money as well as I did. When I told them what the deal was, they all smacked their head. They could have got paid to eat chocolate!! So, some of those good folks were jealous of me and it was only luck that they felt too week to throttle my throat and quell their anger. I didn't tell them about my wager with the scientists, that would have bias the outcome. However, if anyone else participates in the test, I will get to have some dark chocolate too!!!

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2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, May 25, 2007, 6:02 am PDT

I made a concoction out of dark powder and it lowered my pressure .I stopped taking my Quinipril .My Doctor wants the formula .

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3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 19, 2008, 7:07 am PDT

I can accept your criticisms that the study involved a small number of people and that it was brief in duration but questioning it because the study was conducted in Italy but also has an American scientist coauthor is asinine. Italian medicine is excellent. Have you looked at the bylines of very many scientific articles? It is common for collaborators to be located all over a country or the world.

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4. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jun 19, 2008, 7:11 am PDT

I can accept your criticisms that the study involved a small number of people and that it was brief in duration but questioning it because the study was conducted in Italy but also has an American scientist coauthor is asinine. Italian medicine is excellent. Have you looked at the bylines of very many scientific articles? It is common for collaborators to be located all over a country or the world.

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