1. Ukuphucula iMpilo yeNtliziyo

Uphando kwiIjenali yeNtliziyo yaseMelikawafumanisa ukuba ezintathu ukuya ezintandathu 1-ounce iiseshini zeitshokolethiiveki inciphisa umngcipheko wokungaphumeleli kwentliziyo nge-18 ekhulwini.Kwaye olunye uphononongo olupapashwe kwijenaliBMJicebisa ukuba unyango lunokunceda ukuthintela ukuqhambuka kwe-atrial fibrillation (okanye i-a-fib), imeko ephawulwa kukubetha kwentliziyo okungaqhelekanga.Abantu abatya ii-servings ezimbini ukuya kwezintandathu ngeveki babenomngcipheko ophantsi wama-20 ekhulwini wokuphuhlisa i-fib xa kuthelekiswa nalabo badla ngaphantsi kwenyanga enye.Abaphandi bakholelwa ukuba iipropathi ze-cocoa ze-antioxidant kunye nomxholo we-magnesium zinokunceda ukuphucula umsebenzi wemithambo yegazi, ukunciphisa ukuvuvukala kunye nokulawula ukwakheka kweplatelet-izinto ezinegalelo ekubetheni kwentliziyo enempilo.

2. Yehlisa Uxinzelelo Lwegazi

Ukuthetha ngentliziyo yakho, phakathi kwabantu abane-hypertension, ukusetyenziswa kwetshokolethi yemihla ngemihla kunceda ukunciphisa uxinzelelo lwegazi lwe-systolic (inani eliphezulu lokufunda) ngo-4 mmHg, ngokumalunga nokuhlaziywa kwezilingo ze-40.(Akubi, ngokuqwalasela ukuba iyeza ngokuqhelekileyo linciphisa uxinzelelo lwegazi lwe-systolic malunga ne-9 mmHg.) Abaphandi bathi i-flavanols ibonakalisa umzimba wakho ukuba wandise imithwalo yegazi, kwaye iyancipha uxinzelelo lwegazi.

3. Yehlisa umngcipheko wesifo seswekile

Uphononongo luka-2018 lwabantu abangaphezu kwe-150,000 kwiIjenali yaseYurophu yeZondlo zoNyangoyafumanisa ukuba i-nibbling malunga ne-2.5 ounces yetshokolethi ngeveki yayanyaniswa ne-10 yepesenti yengozi ephantsi yohlobo lwe-2 yeswekile-kwaye oko kwanasemva kokuba kufakwe iswekile eyongeziweyo.Itshokholethi ibonakala isebenza njenge-prebiotic-yondla ibhaktheriya enenzuzo ehlala kwi-microbiome yakho.Ezi zinambuzane zilungileyo zivelisa iikhompawundi eziphucula uvakalelo lwe-insulin kunye nokunciphisa ukuvuvukala.

4. Yomeleza ukuKhathalela kwengqondo

Abantu abadala abadala abaxele ukuba batya itshokolethi kanye ngeveki ubuncinane bafumene amanqaku aphezulu kwiimvavanyo zengqondo xa kuthelekiswa nabo bangazithandi rhoqo, ngokutsho kophononongo olupapashwe kwijenali.Umdla wokutya.Abaphandi bakhomba iqela leekhompawundi kwitshokolethi ebizwa ngokuba yi-methylxanthines (ebandakanya i-caffeine) ebonakaliswe ukuphucula ukugxila kunye nomoya.(Xa uziva ulungile, ubuchopho bakho busebenza ngcono.) Kwaye uphando lwaseSpain lwafumanisa ukuba abantu abadala abatya ii-ounces ezi-2.5 zetshokolethi ngeveki banamanqaku angcono kwiimvavanyo ezisetyenziselwa ukukhuselwa ukukhubazeka kwengqondo, njenge-dementia.