A new study conducted by the Australian Heart Foundation revealed that Chocolate consumption reduces the risk of heart disease was a misconception, there are no sufficient evidences that support eating chocolate or drinking coffee or red wine provides cardiovascular health benefit , even though they contain antioxidants.

Susan Anderson, the Heart Foundation's national director of healthy weight, said that even though 100 of papers believed that these three are referred as a part of healthy diet for heart but in reality they were not.

Anderson said in a statement released on May 11 that chocolates, coffee and red wine can be a part of healthy diet but they cannot reduce the risk of heart diseases.

She also said that these three are rich in antioxidants but the best way to get enough antioxidants includes eating lots of plant-based foods such as vegetables, fruit, legumes, wholegrain breads and cereals, nuts and seeds every day.

She also advised people to eat fruits at least twice in a day and vegetables five times every day.

However this study confirms that tea consumption reduces the risk of heart attacks provided that tea should be without milk but if milk is to be added then it should be either low or no fat milk.

Anderson said that there was no enough evidence to support which foods were beneficial for healthy cardiovascular system and recommending chocolates, red wine, and coffee as good for the heart was a misconception. She said that findings of the study will be passed on to various doctors and health professionals.