New Study Tests Health Benefits Of Chocolate’s Cocoa Flavanols In Pill Form

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – MARCH 17: Whole cocoa beans sit in a bean room at Dandelion Chocolate on March 17, 2014 in San Francisco, California. A new study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and Mars Inc., and to be conducted at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle will explore the efficacy of pills containing high concentrations of cocoa flavanols and how they can help prevent heart attacks and strokes. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)