An explanation as to why it is good for you. Is this in your hospital diet? Wouldn't you want your brain arteries dilated to get that life-saving oxygen to your damaged neurons? But since I bet nothing is being done your doctor and hospital don't care enough to even understand the problem and fix it.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/PeripheralArteryDisease/46613?
A couple of interesting paragraphs from here:
Dark Chocolate Enhances Artery Dilation
IC involves impaired blood flow to the limbs, especially during exercise.
"Endothelial
dysfunction, reduced glucose oxidation, accumulation of toxic
metabolites, impaired nitric oxide (NO) generation, and oxidative stress
seem to play a role among the factors contributing to reduce blood flow
in PAD," the researchers wrote.
In previous studies, these researchers and others have found that dark chocolate enhanced artery dilation by lowering NOX2, which is the catalytic subunit of nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidates, which exert vasoconstrictor activity in human and animal models.
The
goal of the Loffredo group's latest work was to determine whether
eating dark chocolate could improve walking autonomy in PAD patients
with IC.
The single, blind, crossover study included 20 patients
(14 males, 6 females) who routinely exhibited IC symptoms after walking
less than 200 meters (Fontaine stage IIb) and who were in stable
condition without abrupt changes in walking distance and ankle brachial
index (ABI) in the month prior to entry.
The patients were
randomized to "treatment" with 40 grams of dark chocolate (>85%
cocoa) or milk chocolate (<35% cocoa) in a crossover, single-blind
design, with at least 1 week of washout between the study's two phases.
Flow-mediated
dilation (FMD), oxidative stress, serum levels of NOx and epicatechin
(EC) were assessed at baseline, after 24 hours' abstinence from food
rich in polyphenols, and 2 hours after ingestion of chocolate.
Fasting
blood samples were drawn and analyzed early in the morning (8 a.m.) and
ABI and FMD were also performed. At 9 a.m. a first treadmill test was
performed and 2 minutes after maximal walking distance (MWD) and maximal
walking time (MWT) were measured, ABI was measured again.
At 9:25
a.m. the participants were given the chocolate (40 grams), and they had
15 minutes to eat it. At 11:25 a.m. blood samples were again drawn to
analyze oxidative stress and epicatechin levels. At 11:30 a.m. a second
ABI at rest and FMD were performed, and at 11:50 a.m. the participants
underwent a second treadmill test. Once again, ABI was performed 2
minutes after MWD and MWT were measured.
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