Chocolate can cut risk of heart attack and stroke

EATING just one square of chocolate a day can cut the risk of heart attack and stroke by 39%, researchers have found. Eating 7.5g of chocolate daily also leads to lower blood pressure, a study found.

Researchers in Germany followed 19,357 people aged between 35 and 65 for at least a decade.

Those who ate the most amount of chocolate – an average of 7.5g a day – had lower chances of heart attacks and stroke than those who ate the least amount (1.7g a day on average).