Dark chocolate could lower blood pressure, study suggests

A small German study suggests that eating dark chocolate can lower your blood pressure. If the results can be confirmed, "you can sin with perhaps a little less bad feeling," said Dr Franz Messerli, a hypertension expert at Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans. The study appears in today's Journal of the American Medical Association.

Dark chocolate contains polyphenols - ingredients scientists think are responsible for the heart-healthy attributes of red wine.