Life is Best With Chocolate
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For Your Health
~~Joy Bauer
Food Cures
A mug of natural cocoa has nearly twice the antioxidants of a glass of red wine, two to three times more than green tea, and up to five times that of black tea, according to the February 2007 edition of Dr. Andrew Weil's "Self-Healing" newsletter.
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- Chocolate health research: antioxidants
- Source: Cornell University Date:2003-12-19 Ahhhh! Better Than Red Wine Or Green Tea, Cocoa Froths With Cancer-preventing Compounds, Cornell Food Scientists Say...There is a new reason to enjoy hot cocoa on a cold winter's night in front of a cozy fire. Consider it a health drink.
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The Good Stuff
But, like good and bad cholesterol, there's good and bad chocolate.
The nutritional value is in the cocoa, so the healthy stuff is dark chocolate with a minimum of 50 percent cocoa solids.
"Inferior selections filled with sugar, fat and fillers crowd candy shelves everywhere," she writes. "The chocolate content in many of the mainstream brands doesn't even top 20 percent, much less the 50 percent required to qualify for healthy dark chocolate."
Only buy brands with the percent of cocoa listed on the label, she advises, and avoid chocolates with gooey centers because most filled chocolates are very high in sugar.
~~Julie Pech
"The Chocolate Therapist: A User's Guide to the Extraordinary Health Benefits of Chocolate"
Chocolate Calendar 2009
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What to Look For
Joy Bauer, Food Cures
When buying dark chocolate look for 70% cocoa content. Very dark chocolate can be an acquired taste, though, so play around with different brands until you hit on one you like.
2. Fat Content
The type of fat listed in the ingredients is important. You want to avoid products that contain palm oil or coconut oil or milk fat, and choose ones that are made from "cocoa butter". Even though they're all saturated fats, "cocoa butter" has a neutral effect on cholesterol levels, while the other two can raise your blood cholesterol.
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Do you love chocolate? Kiersten and Lynette tour the great Wolfgang Candy Factory. Free pieces of chocolate at the end of the tour!
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What are they saying about chocolate?
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If you're watching your weight, remember even the darkest of dark chocolate is a treat you should eat in moderation because it's caloric. One ounce contains about 150 calories.
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- Oh yes, chocolate! My fave chocolate saying is "Life without chocolate is too terrible to contemplate"!
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- great lens! Chocolate is definately the best food creation ever :)
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