Welcome to the Dr. Gundry Podcast, where Dr. Stephen Gundry shares his groundbreaking

research from over 25 years of treating patients with diet and lifestyle changes alone.

Dr. Gundry and other wellness experts offer inspiring stories, the latest scientific advancements,

and practical tips to empower you to take control of your health and live a long, happy

life.

The amazing benefits of dark chocolate.

Okay, when I say eat chocolate every single day, I mean it, and you should be eating it too.

Why? Well, dark chocolate is loaded with polyphenols, which, as you know, are incredibly important

for good health. And the polyphenols in chocolate may be one of the most perfect combination delivery

devices of getting the right polyphenols into you in a delicious package that's ever been

discovered. In fact, numerous studies have proven the beneficial health effects of consuming

dark chocolate. Take the study on the Kuna Indians, for example. The Kuna Indians are an isolated

tribe who live on the Caribbean coast of Panama. Hypertension is incredibly uncommon in this group,

even among the elderly. But when Kuna people migrate to urban environments and change their diet,

their rates of high blood pressure soared. Now, notably, their traditional intake of cacao,

cocoa, as the beverage was very high, they actually drank more than five cups daily of either

homegrown cacao or Colombian cocoa powder, which is rich in polyphenols that are called flavonols.

Now, interestingly enough, the flavonol urinary levels of the island dwelling Kuna were significantly

higher and their rates of death from serious illness were significantly lower than their counter parts,

the same tribe living in urban centers. There's a very famous nitric oxide study. Now, nitric oxide is

becoming famous as one of the main compounds that dilates our blood vessels. And I have a saying in

my office that the more flexible your blood vessels are, the longer you live and the longer you

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