Wanted: Women to eat chocolate for a year!!

Eat chocolate every day for a year? - chocolate
United States
April 28, 2008 11:05am CST
Scientists in the UK are seeking 150 women to eat chocolate every day for a year in the cause of medical research. The trial, at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, eastern England, will test whether a natural compound found in cocoa, the main ingredient of chocolate, could cut the risk of heart disease among women with diabetes. A Belgian confectionist has created the special chocolate bar containing high levels of flavonoids -- a plant compound that has been shown to reduce heart risk factors -- to be used in the experiment. Soy, another natural source of flavonoids, has also been added to the bar. Participants, who must be postmenopausal women under the age of 70, will have their risk of heart disease tested on five occasions during the year to see whether change occurs. Would you participate in such a trial? I don't know if I could eat any kind of chocolate every day for a year....could you? http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/04/28/chocolate.trial/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
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• United States
28 Apr 08
wow. as much as i like chocolate occasionally,i don't think i could do it.my stomach just doesn't take "sweet" that well anymore. i bet they have no lack of participants though :)
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@ersmommy1 (12587)
• United States
28 Apr 08
Hey crty!Great mylotters think alike!I started a similar discussion on this earlier. I think I could do this. But then I would be off chocolate for a long long time. Glad it may be good for the heart!! How often is yummy good for you? lol
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@tinkerick (1257)
• United States
28 Apr 08
Depends on the amount. If it's just like one candy bar sized chocolate or smaller - I'd definitely do it!
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
28 Apr 08
Are you joking Icould eat chocolate every day for a year just fine. Wish they were having that rial here in the United States because I would join in a hurry. I am a dedicated chocolate lover par excellence. Just lead me to the chocolate and I am all yours.lol Yes I could eat chocolate every day and not tire of it specially if it were for a good cause like this trial in England.