Does dark chocolate reduce blood pressure?

Many people, including the marketers of chocolate, would be thrilled to find their favourite treat is able to reduce blood pressure, but I wonder why people have high blood pressure in the first place. Could it be they are consuming lots of milk chocolate, as Forbes.com has intimated?

I agree it seems small quantities of dark chocolate have healthful flavonoids, but encouraging consumption in order to reduce hbp may be fuelled by clever marketing. A more sensible approach is to encourage sufferers to increase their garlic and onion intake, promote a low fat diet and eat oily fish at least twice a week.

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