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Wanted: Women to eat chocolate for a year

Updated on: 24 July,2009 08:41 AM IST  | 
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Scientists in Britain are looking for women willing to eat chocolate every day for a year all in the name of medical science.

Wanted: Women to eat chocolate for a year

Scientists in Britain are looking for women willing to eat chocolate every day for a year all in the name of medical science.

Researchers at the University of East Anglia and a hospital in Norwich, are trying to find out whether chocolate can cut the risk of heart disease and need 40 women to step forward and help.


Most of the women will have to eat two bars of "super-strength chocolate specially formulated by Belgian chocolatiers" daily for one year and undergo several tests to measure how healthy their hearts are.
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The others will have to eat regular chocolate as a placebo.

One possible catch for chocolate fans spotting an opportunity: volunteers for the research should be menopausal but aged under 75 and have type two diabetes.

Study coordinator Peter Curtis said, "A successful outcome could be the first step in developing new ways
to improve the lives of people at increased risk of heart disease."

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