Re: Hot Cocoa Lowers Blood Pressure: The story on "Sham vs. Wham: The Health Insider"

On May 23, 3:15 pm, djense...@xxxxxxx wrote:
A new meta-analysis of ten large clinical trials has been done by a
group in Cologne, Germany, and reported on athttp://shamvswham.blogspot.com/.
Today's story about the comparison between Hot Cocoa consumption vs.
tea is an interesting one, as it was discovered that Hot Cocoa has as
much benefit as some blood pressure medications. Read more in the
daily health and wellness compendium, "Sham vs. Wham: The Health
Insider."

D.

Am I missing something? How can cocoa which drops the blood pressure
only 4.7 points be as much benefit as a med which drops the blood
pressure 5 or 10 times more?

Dolores

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