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There have been enough studies of the effect of these beverages on blood pressure to warrant a <a href=\"http:\/\/archinte.ama-assn.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/167\/7\/626\">systematic review<\/a>, and the news is that cocoa lowers blood pressure whereas tea doesn\u2019t. 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