Research for health article

Finding additional statistical research for individual stories/breakout boxes

This article is from http://www.healthspan.co.uk/articles/is-chocolate-good-for-you-the-pros-and-cons/ and discusses the pros and cons of chocolate on your health. I printed out this article and analysed it in terms of what facts and figures stood out to me and any interesting information that could be used as secondary data in my article. Some interesting facts I found included:

In Britain we consume over 80 million chocolate eggs each Easter (work out as 9kg p.p.)

Cocoa beans were once used as a form of currency (time of the Aztecs)

40g of chocolate contains more than 300mg of polyphenols- the same type of antioxidants that give red wine its heart-protecting reputation.

Dark chocolate obtains twice as many polyphenols.

British Medical Journal suggests that a daily meal, with 100g of dark chocolate could cut the risk of coronary heart disease by a massive 76%: could increase life expectancy for men by 6.5 years and women for 5 years.

Evidence found that eating 100g of dark chocolate a day could reduce blood pressure by an average of 5.1/ 1,8mmHg, which is enough to reduce the chance of a heart attack of stroke by 21%.

Chocolate increases brain levels of several chemicals, which produces a mild, confidence-instilling buzz.