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YES, it's true, high quality dark chocolate is now known to have positive health benefits. Eating 50 grams (2oz's) a day of plain dark chocolate with a minimum content of 70% chocolate solids can be beneficial to your health, providing protection against Heart disease, High blood Pressure and many other health hazards as well as many trace elements and nutrients essential to good health such as iron, calcium and potassium, and vitamins A. B1, C, D, and E. Chocolate is not only healthy, it's a lot tastier than boring old vitamin pills too.

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There have been many studies linking cocoa with health benefits. The darker chocolate with the most concentrated cocoa will of course be the most beneficial. The following are a list of a few health benefits we found:

 

Heart - Phytochemicals called flavonoids that are found in cocoa have two positive effects. One, the antioxidants block arterial damage caused by free radicals. These unstable molecules (free radicals) may damage the arterial walls by blocking the artery wall lining. The second indicates, that chocolate inhibit platelet aggregation which could cause a heart attack or stroke.

 

There have also been studies indicating that cocoa flavonoids relax the blood vessels which inhibit an enzyme that causes inflammation.

General Health

Antioxidants - Flavonoids and the subgroup called catechins are found in dark chocolate at four times the amount that is found in green tea. Antioxidants block the free radicals that are breakdown normal cell reproduction.

 

Dark chocolate 60% + provides the most antioxidants per weight than:

Dark chocolate 50g =300 mg Polyphenals

Green Tea 240 ml =400 mg Polyphenals

Wine 140 ml =170 mg Polyphenals

Depression - Phenylethlamines found in chocolate act as a mood altering mild aphrodisiac.

 

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Eating Chocolate is better than drinking wine !! -see below. .more antioxidants-but don’t pig out-watch the fat content

Maybe the old saying “An Apple a day, will keep

The Doctor away”—needs to be updated….!!!

 

Mmmmmm……..Delicious

 

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