Chocolate, red wine, coffee "not healthy"
Chocolate, red wine, coffee "not healthy"
May 11, 2010 6
Stop kidding yourself, the Australian Heart Foundation says, there is no cardiovascular health benefit from eating chocolate or drinking red wine. Coffee was another popular treat that also contained antioxidants, the foundation said, ensuring it was commonly referred to as part of a heart healthy diet.Susan Anderson, the Heart Foundation's national director of healthy weight, said a review of more that 100 scientific papers found this was not the case.The message to chocolate, wine and coffee connoisseurs was that any cardiovascular benefit was more a case of wishful thinking.
"Chocolate, coffee and red wine are okay as part of a balanced diet," Anderson said in a statement on Tuesday.
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