Eat Chocolate because it's healthy !

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According to an article in Health magazine :

The first, and perhaps best, reason is the way it lifts your spirit. Mood-enhancing dark chocolate contains phenylethylamine, a chemical that is said to mimic the feeling of being in love. It’s good for your body, too, as long as you don’t load up on too much of it (calories do still count). One new study from the University of California, San Francisco showed that dark chocolate, rich in antioxidants called flavonoids, may help improve blood-vessel and heart function, says the study’s lead author, Mary B. Engler, PhD. The study was sponsored by the American Cocoa Research Institute, a nonprofit group funded by the chocolate industry (although years of independent research have pointed to similar findings). Cocoa has even been shown to contain nearly twice the amount of flavonoids as red wine. And like red wine or tea, dark chocolate can help raise beneficial HDL cholesterol, reduce unhealthy LDL cholesterol, and prevent plaque from gumming up your circulatory system.

Not all dark chocolate is created equal, though. Its beneficial flavonoids can be destroyed during processing, so look for claims that point out retained flavonoid content, such as the Cocoapro logo on certain products by Mars Inc., including M&M’s, Dove Chocolate, and Snickers.

can be found here :

http://www.health.com/health/food/article/0,15669,1011024,00.html

See Chocolate IS a HEALTH food !!


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OLDYELLAR

yay im goina cut down on that tuina and eat healthy , yay chocolate

memphis

Told ye all there are benifits to eating choccie.