12 days ago by Heather R.

Heads-up, dark chocolate lovers! Along with warding off wrinkles, preventing malaria, helping with headaches, helping heart attack survivors, protecting against dementia, and helping with stress, dark chocolate may also be reducing DNA damage! Recent studies in Milan, Italy have found that DNA may b ...

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21 days ago by foynet

People often see chocolate as the enemy. Little do they know that when taken in moderation, it also has a lot of perks. Sweets make you happy, and when you are happy, you will look younger. Furthermore, the impact of chocolate’s luxurious taste on the senses has been compared to the feeling of falli ...

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42 days ago by Heather R.

We know that research is being done on how chocolate can help in the recovery from a heart attack, how chocolate milk can help sore muscles heal, how it could prevent malaria, protect against dementia, keep your bones healthy, and help with headaches, and now we can add one more to this ever-growing ...

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54 days ago by Heather R.

A recent proposal by Steven Maranz from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York could mean some very sweet health news worldwide: Studies are currently being conducted to see how chocolate can help to prevent malaria! Malaria is one of the most common infectious diseases, affecting upwards of 350– ...

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83 days ago by Heather R.

This is actually one chocolate product I never knew existed: chocolate cigarettes. I remember the bubble gum cigarettes from when I was a kid — they were thin white sticks sold in packs made to resemble cigarettes, and blowing on one end produced a puff of sugar “smoke” from the other end. You’d pre ...

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97 days ago by Heather R.

Having grown up in a household where several family members suffered from migraines, I learned early on that some foods can be a headache trigger. One sibling gets hit when he eats turkey, another when she eats certain cheeses. Added to the list of things they should generally avoid (provided by the ...

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119 days ago by Heather R.

Twenty eight high schools in nine states across the midwest United States have received upwards of $3000 in grants from Midwest Dairy Council this month. Why? Because they’re helping to promote “better nutrition in high school athletes by encouraging the consumption of 16 ounces of chocolate milk wi ...

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121 days ago by Heather R.

More fun news for chocolate lovers! Another new study is showing that pictures of chocolate can actually help with weight loss by strengthening resolve and will power. I wonder if it works if the picture is on the package of chocolate? Hmmm… 54 female students participated in the study published by ...

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126 days ago by Heather R.

More fantastic health news for chocolate lovers: another new study has found that heart attack survivors who eat dark chocolate one to two times per week are three times more likely to lessen their chances of dying from heart disease than those who never eat it. Though other studies have shown that ...

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160 days ago by Heather R.

According to Kings College London biochemist Dr Robert Williams, a flavonoid found in cocoa called epicatechin is being researched as having a positive effect on protecting brain and body cells against cancer and dementia. The naturally occurring flavonoids not only act only as antioxidants, which h ...

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