"Dark chocolate exhibits the greatest effects, milk chocolate fewer, and white chocolate no effects, " says the lead author of the study, Brian Buijsse, a nutritional epidemiologist at the German Institute of Human Nutrition, in Nuthetal, Germany.

CNN: Daily chocolate may keep the heart doctor away

Most notably, the researchers did not determine whether the study participants ate dark, milk, or white chocolate.

CNN: Daily chocolate may keep the heart doctor away

You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink.

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Using one of the surveys administered during the study, the researchers estimated that 57 percent of the participants ate milk chocolate, 24 percent ate dark chocolate, and 2 percent ate white chocolate.

CNN: Daily chocolate may keep the heart doctor away