comments a study which found that antioxidant concentration of hot cocoa was 2 times stronger than red wine, 2-3 times stronger than green tea, and 4-5 times stronger than that of black tea. The are a number of other studies which have found the cocoa and chocolate polyphenols are powerful antioxidants and inhibit LDL oxidation. Other studies have shown that cocoa and chocolate polyphenols have aspirin-like effects: they inhibit platelet activation and function.
This isn't going to be a scientific response, so I apologize. But it is not flippant: One of the things I remember about my father was that he drank bitter cocoa, made from powder, without milk or sugar (which we could not afford) every morning. He also ate only country meat and fish he caught or shot himself or with his friends on hunting trips that were not recreational, but provided our food. He died at 46, slim muscular, of one single heart attack. So did his brother (49) and his grandfather (35). Thanks for your excellent posts. I always learn something, Mr. Narkia.
comments a study which found that antioxidant concentration of hot cocoa was 2 times stronger than red wine, 2-3 times stronger than green tea, and 4-5 times stronger than that of black tea. The are a number of other studies which have found the cocoa and chocolate polyphenols are powerful antioxidants and inhibit LDL oxidation. Other studies have shown that cocoa and chocolate polyphenols have aspirin-like effects: they inhibit platelet activation and function.
This isn't going to be a scientific response, so I apologize. But it is not flippant: One of the things I remember about my father was that he drank bitter cocoa, made from powder, without milk or sugar (which we could not afford) every morning. He also ate only country meat and fish he caught or shot himself or with his friends on hunting trips that were not recreational, but provided our food. He died at 46, slim muscular, of one single heart attack. So did his brother (49) and his grandfather (35). Thanks for your excellent posts. I always learn something, Mr. Narkia.
I'm sorry about your father. Did he have any known risk factors?
comments a study which found that antioxidant concentration of hot cocoa was 2 times stronger than red wine, 2-3 times stronger than green tea, and 4-5 times stronger than that of black tea. The are a number of other studies which have found the cocoa and chocolate polyphenols are powerful antioxidants and inhibit LDL oxidation. Other studies have shown that cocoa and chocolate polyphenols have aspirin-like effects: they inhibit platelet activation and function.
This isn't going to be a scientific response, so I apologize. But it is not flippant: One of the things I remember about my father was that he drank bitter cocoa, made from powder, without milk or sugar (which we could not afford) every morning. He also ate only country meat and fish he caught or shot himself or with his friends on hunting trips that were not recreational, but provided our food. He died at 46, slim muscular, of one single heart attack. So did his brother (49) and his grandfather (35). Thanks for your excellent posts. I always learn something, Mr. Narkia.
I'm sorry about your father. Did he have any known risk factors?
Dear Zee,
My questions: 1. Do you know for sure that his father and brother drank the same cocoa drink for many years, as did your father?
2. Why don't you blame the meat he ate? Dying so young from a single heart attack and having his father and brother also died from the same cause around the same age is pretty much evidence that it's genetic.
If I were you, I would be under the supervision of a good internist and probably get on a statin medication if the doc recommends it in addition to a healthy diet and exercise.
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he drank bitter cocoa, made from powder, without milk or sugar (which we could not afford) every morning. He also ate only country meat and fish.
Did he have any known risk factors?
Possibly familial hypercholesterolemia. Of interest is that all three ate what we would call the Atkins diet today. Just an observation that we really can't escape our genes. I have FH, and eat dark chocolate every day but only for pleasure. ZEE
