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There are many things that come along with chocolate but what do you know about dark chocolate and its benefits? Dark, but not white, chocolate decreases blood pressure and improves insulin sensitivity in healthy persons 17. According to The Journal of Proteome, There is strong evidence that a daily consumption of 40 g of dark chocolate during a period of 2 weeks is sufficient to modify the metabolism of free living and healthy human subjects, as per variation of both host and gut microbial metabolism 18. Also according to Critical Care Nurse, dark chocolate is also a rich source of antioxidants, lowers blood pressure, enhances blood flow, facilitates nitric oxide synthesis, inhabits platelet activation, may improve cognitive performance, and may reduce overall mortality 19. Nature, the International Weekly Journal of Science claims that, consuming dark chocolate, but not milk chocolate or dark chocolate together with milk, increases the antioxidant capacity of human plasma, and suggest that interaction between milk proteins and chocolate flavonoids inhibits the in vivo antioxidant activity of chocolate and the absorption of epicatechin into the bloodstream 20.

17. Grassi, Davide, Cristina Lippi, Stefano Necozione, Giovambattista Desideri, and Claudio Ferri. "The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition." Short-term Administration of Dark Chocolate Is Followed by a Significant Increase in Insulin Sensitivity and a Decrease in Blood Pressure in Healthy Persons. American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Mar. 2005. Web. 07 Apr. 2014. .

18. Martin, Francois-Pierre J., Serge Rezzi, Emma Pere-Trepat, Beate Kamlage, Sebastiano Collino, Edgar Leibold, Jurgen Kastler, Dietrich Rein, Laurent B. Fay, and Sunil Kochhar. "Metabolic Effects of Dark Chocolate Consumption on Energy, Gut Microbiota, and Stress-Related Metabolism in Free-Living Subjects." - Journal of Proteome Research (ACS Publications). ACS Publications, Aug. 2009. Web. 07 Apr. 2014. .

19. Alspach, Grif. "THE TRUTH IS OFTEN BITTERSWEET...: CHOCOLATE DOES A HEART GOOD." THE TRUTH IS OFTEN BITTERSWEET...: CHOCOLATE DOES A HEART GOOD. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Feb. 2007. Web. 07 Apr. 2014. .

20. Schroeter, Hagen, Roberta R. Holt, Timothy J. Orozco, Harold H. Schmitz, and Carl L. Keen. "Nutrition: Milk and Absorption of Dietary Flavanols." Nature.com. Nature Publishing Group, 18 Dec. 2003. Web. 07 Apr. 2014. .