Researchers in Perth found that women who ate chocolate were less likely to be hospitalised or die of atherosclerotic vascular disease than those who steered clear of it.
And they did not even need to over-indulge to obtain the cardiovascular benefit, with similar benefits applying to those who ate chocolate only once a week and those who ate it daily, according to the study published in Archives of Internal Medicine.
More than 1,200 women over the age of 70 took part in the study and were tracked for a decade.
Nearly half had less than one serving of chocolate a week, which was the equivalent amount of cocoa in one cup of hot chocolate, a third were having one to six servings a week and the rest had a serving daily.
Around 88 of those who ate chocolate rarely were hospitalised or died from heart disease during the study period, compared to 65 women who ate chocolate more frequently.
And another 35 of those infrequent consumers experienced heart failure, while only 18 chocolate-consumers died from the same condition.
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