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High-cocoa polyphenol-rich chocolate improves blood pressure in patients with diabetes and hypertension.

Ali Rostami, Mohammad Khalili, Neda Haghighat, Shahryar Eghtesadi, Farzad Shidfar, Iraj Heidari, Soraiya Ebrahimpour‐Koujan, Maryam Eghtesadi

PubMed · 2015 · 85 citations · 27 references

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High polyphenol chocolate is effective in improving TG levels in hypertensive patients with diabetes and decreasing blood pressure and FBS without affecting weight, inflammatory markers, insulin resistance or glycemic control.

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