Many people find chocolate irresistible.
Scientists recently suggested that people who eat moderate amounts of candy including chocolate may live a year longer that those who abstain. So we do not know how much chocolate these men consumed. On one hand, authors of the Harvard study suggested that phenolic compounds in chocolate may have helped lower the risk of dying. Plant polyphenols act as antioxidants and they potentially lower the risk of heart disease. Oxidized LDL may trigger arterial damage leading to atherosclerosis.