Dark Chocolate as a benefit for Heart?

Question

I know that Dark Chocolate is good for the heart; but not when drunk with milk. So, how long before/after having some dark chocolate can I have milk?

Answer 1

In a study published in Nature, researchers asked 12 volunteers to eat dark chocolate only, dark chocolate wih a glass of milk, or milk chocolate. An hour later, the dark-chocolate-only group showed an 18% increase in blood levels of antioxidants called epicatechins. Those who included milk or milk chocolate showed no change. "We suspect it's the proteins in the milk that the epicatechins are binding to, so they're not absorbed," says study co-author Alan Crozier of the University of Glasgow. "There is evidence that with tea, milk does something similar.

Now u knw wat milk does...
i suggest u have milk 3 hrs b4/after to get gud results ..

Answer 2

You should skip the milk entirely. Unless you're getting it from a free-range Amish cow, you're drinking antibiotics, pus from chronic mastitis (epidemic among overproducing cows) and bovine growth hormone (rBGH).

see: milk roduction and biosynthesis
http://www.foodsci.uoguelph.ca/dairyedu/biosynthesis.html

see: milk and acne
http://www.cure-guide.com/Natural_Health_Newsletter/Milk_and_Acne/milk_and_acne.html