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Chocolate might not be the healthiest thing for your waistline - but research suggests it may protect against stroke. A study following more than 37,000 Swedish men showed those eating the most chocolate were the least likely to have a stroke.
巧克力可能是對你的腰圍最不健康的東西，但研究顯示，巧克力或能預防中風。一份追蹤超過3萬7千名瑞典男性的研究顯示，吃最多巧克力的人，最不可能中風。
Everyone taking part in the study was asked about their eating habits and their health was monitored for a decade. They were split into four groups based on the amount of chocolate, with the bottom group eating, on average, no chocolate each week and the top group having 63g （2.2oz） - slightly more than an average bar.
參與此份研究的人，被詢問他們的飲食習慣與健康長達10年。他們根據巧克力的量分成4組，量最少的一組都沒吃巧克力，量最多的一組平均每週吃63克，略高於平均值。
Comparing the top and bottom groups showed those eating the most chocolate were 17% less likely to have a stroke during the study.
吃最多與最少的兩組比較後顯示，吃最多巧克力的人，在研究中中風的機率低17%。
One of the researchers, Prof Susanna Larsson, from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, said： "The beneficial effect of chocolate consumption on stroke may be related to the flavonoids in chocolate."
其中一名研究人員、瑞典卡洛林斯卡醫學院的拉森教授表示：「吃巧克力可避免中風的好處，或許與巧克力中的類黃酮有關。」
新聞辭典
least：副詞，最不。例句：This group is the least likely of the four to win.（這組是4組中最不可能贏的。）
split：動詞，分開。例句：The teacher split the children into three groups.（老師把小朋友分成3組。）
beneficial：形容詞，有益的。例句：The improvement in sales figures had a beneficial influence on the company as a whole.（銷售數字增加整體而言對這家公司有好的影響。）
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