Chocolate and Diabetes | There's good news for persons with diabetes mellitus - diabetes mellitus or diabetes. Research conducted in the German experts concluded, a cup of chocolate believed to be able to improve the work of blood vessels in diabetes.
In the research, the experts give three cups of chocolate that have been specially formulated every day for a month to have diabetes. The result, their blood vessels which had been severely damaged, returned to normal functioning.
Allegedly, it happened because of flavanol, one of the active substance contained in chocolate. Besides chocolate, antioxidants are also found in some types of vegetables, fruit, green tea, and others. Several other studies have also revealed the health benefits of flavanol for.
In another study, researchers from University Hospital Aachen, Germany, using a chocolate that have been enriched with flavanol. Dr Malte Kelm, who led the research said, flavanol work by increasing production of nitric oxide, a chemical substance in the body that will help limber up and widen blood vessels.
"Person with type II diabetes certainly okay to eat chocolate to their healthy lifestyle, but this study did not aim to encourage diabetes to consume more cocoa," Kelm said.
He added that research shows the flavanol intake may be necessary to prevent the complications of cardiovascular problems in diabetes. (bbchealth / hid / ri)
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