Chocolate at Easter.... to eat, or not to eat, that is the question

At this time of year around the Easter celebration period, many people face the question of having a guilty conscience through indulging in a splurge of chocolate eating. Various conflicting messages from a variety of studies point either to negative health effects or to some potential positive value of chocolate consumption. A study from the world renowed Karolinska Institute found that -

"Heart attack survivors who eat chocolate regularly may cut their long-term risk of dying from heart disease. The study, which is published in Journal of Internal Medicine, was conducted on more than 1000 heart attack patients in Stockholm County during the period 1992-1994. A follow-up survey was made after eight years. The result shows that chocolate consumption may be associated with lower cardiac mortality, as those heart patients who ate chocolate several times a week cut their risk of dying from heart disease about threefold compared to those who didn't eat chocolate at all..."

Any health value appears to be linked to dark chocolate only... so no luck for milk chocolate or white chocolate fans!