Can Chocolate and Tea Really Lower Your Blood Pressure?

Summary: Eating dark chocolate and drinking tea might help lower your blood pressure. They contain healthy compounds called flavan-3-ols. A large study showed that eating these foods can work almost as well as medicine for people with high blood pressure. To see results, you need to eat them every day for four to eight weeks. You can get enough by having two to three cups of tea or one to two servings of dark chocolate daily. But remember, a healthy diet is still important, and a tea company actually helped pay for the study!

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