Mt cht S-c-la c th gip tim kho hn

Cc nh nghin cu cho bit n 1 thanh s-c-la 1 ngy c th gim nguy c au tim v t qu

Sau khi nghin cu ch n ung v thi quen sc kho ca 19,357 ngi trong tui t 35 n 65
trong vng t nht 10 nm, cc nh nghin cu ngi c thy rng nhm nhng ngi n nhiu s-
c-la nht (trung bnh 7,5 gram 1 ngy) c huyt p thp hn v gim c 39% nguy c nhi mu c
tim hn so vi nhm nhng ngi n t s-c-la nht (trung bnh 1,7 gram 1 ngy).
Bc s Dr. Brian Buijsse, trng nhm nghin cu v l nh nghin cu bnh hc v dinh dng ti Vin
Dinh Dng (c) bo co trn trang nht bo Tri Tim Chu u (Euroepean Heart Journal): Xem xt
trn s liu c th cho thy nu nhng ngi trong nhm n t s-c-la nht (c t l 219/10.000 ngi b
nhi mu c tim hoc t qu) tng lng s-c-la tiu th ln 6 gr 1 ngy th s gim c 85/10.000
s ca nhi mu c tim v t qu trong vng khong 10 nm. Nu gim c 39% nguy c ny trn
ton dn th s gim c s ca au tim v t qu nhiu hn
6 gr s-c-la tng ng vi mt gc ca 1 thanh s-c-la 100 gr. Tuy nhin, bc s Buijisse khuyn
co rng n s-c-la khng lm tng lng calo chung ca c th cng khng c ngha l bn phi gim
n cc loi thc phm dinh dng khc. Lng nh s-c-la c th gip ngn nga cc bnh v tim,
nhng ch nn dng thay th cc loi thc phm gy bo khc nh cc loi bnh n nhanh (snacks),
gi cho trng lng c th n nh.

A Little Chocolate May Do the Heart Good

Researchers say a square a day could lead to fewer heart attacks and strokes

(HealthDay News) -- For those who believe in the Easter bunny (or at least in what
he is believed to bring), good news awaits. Just one small square of chocolate a
day might help lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk for heart disease.
After analyzing the diet and health habits of 19,357 people, aged 35 to 65, for at
least 10 years, German researchers found that those who ate the most chocolate
(an average of 7.5 grams, or 0.3 ounces, a day) had lower blood pressure and
were 39 percent less likely to have a heart attack than those who ate the least
amount of chocolate (an average of 1.7 grams, or 0.06 ounces, a day). "To put
that in terms of absolute risk, if people in the group eating the least amount of
chocolate [of whom 219 per 10,000 had a heart attack or stroke] increased their
chocolate intake by 6 grams [0.2 ounces] a day, 85 fewer heart attacks and
strokes per 10,000 people could be expected to occur over a period of about 10
years," study leader Dr. Brian Buijsse, a nutritional epidemiologist at the German
Institute of Human Nutrition, said in a news release from the European Heart Journal, which published the
findings online Tuesday. "If the 39 percent lower risk is generalized to the general population, the number of
avoidable heart attacks and strokes could be higher because the absolute risk in the general population is
higher," he said. Six grams of chocolate is equivalent to about one small square of a 100 gram (3.5 ounce)
bar, the researchers said. But Buijsse cautioned that eating chocolate shouldn't increase a person's overall
intake of calories or reduce the consumption of healthy foods. "Small amounts of chocolate may help to
prevent heart disease, but only if it replaces other energy-dense foods, such as snacks, in order to keep
body weight stable," he said. More information The American Heart Association has more about preventing
heart disease, heart attack and stroke.
-- Robert Preidt

SOURCE: European Heart Journal, news release, March 30, 2010