Chocolate May Make Some Strokes Less Likely

HealthDay News

By Serena Gordon

HealthDay Reporter

Thursday, March 4, 2010

In news that’s sure to delight chocolate lovers, a Harvard study finds that a couple of squares of dark chocolate a day might reduce the risk of a hemorrhagic stroke, by 52 percent.

Unfortunately for chocolate fans, though, the same research also found that chocolate does not appear to have a protective benefit for the most common type of stroke.

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