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Dark cocoa

70%+ · unsweetened · Theobroma cacao
no number because no lifespan study covers it
no lifespan data · blood flow

What it does

Cocoa flavanols improve vessel function — the sugar in most chocolate cancels the point.

Why there is no number here

No lifespan study covers dark cocoa. Rather than invent a figure, we say so. What it does have evidence for is blood flow. Plenty of good food has no mortality data behind it — that does not make it bad, it makes it unmeasured.

What it is made of

How to eat it

Bitter is the price of the benefit.

Minutes derived from Fadnes LT, Økland J-M, Haaland ØA, Johansson KA. Estimating impact of food choices on life expectancy: A modeling study. PLOS Medicine 19(2):e1003889, 2022. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003889

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ডার্ক কোকো

কোকো ফ্ল্যাভানল রক্তনালী ভালো রাখে — বেশিরভাগ চকলেটের চিনি সেটা নষ্ট করে দেয়।

তেতোটাই উপকারের দাম।

এর আয়ু নিয়ে কোনো তথ্য নেই — তাই আমরা কোনো সংখ্যা বসাই না।

120 is the biological ceiling, not a promise. These are population estimates from a peer-reviewed model, not a personal forecast. Educational information, not medical advice.