Johns Hopkins researchers have found that a small amount of dark chocolate a day can thin the blood and cut the risk of clots in much the same way as taking aspirin.

“Eating a little bit of chocolate or having a drink of hot cocoa as part of a regular diet is probably good for personal health, so long as people don’t eat too much of it, and too much of the kind with lots of butter and sugar.”

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