cardiovascular disease

Eat an ounce of chocolate per day, preferably black chocolate may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by the effects of flavanols contained in cocoa, according to a study published by The European Heart Journal. The good news that chocolate is not as bad as we used to think. The bad news is at least [...]

The relationship between obesity and cardiovascular disease mortality may be underestimated, according to a study of the Swedish population and published in the British Medical Journal.
Numerous studies already showed that obesity have harmful effects and associated with higher rates of death from cardiovascular disease, diabetes and some cancers. By contrast, a low BMI would be [...]