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Best Ways to Add the Top 3 SUPER-FOODS to Your Meals

 
Here are some useful facts you should know about consuming another super-food:

3. Can Dark Chocolate Really Help my Health?

 
 

Dark chocolate has flavanoids (a.k.a. plant phenols) that have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. There’s a bit of conflict on whether dark chocolate is “healthy” for you or not, but here’s my breakdown:

– Dark chocolate is always healthier than milk or white chocolate

– If you’re eating sweets anyway, try dark chocolate instead

– Higher cacao content = more health benefits and less junk

– Less processed = more health benefits

Some additional chocolate tips:
 
 

Some companies delete the flavanoids because they taste bitter. Unfortunately, there’s usually not a way to tell this by the packaging. If you get some bitter chocolate, just think, “Mmmm, flavanoids!”

Remember that dark chocolate still has calories, so if you’re eating it as a “health food”, you have to reduce those calories in another unhealthy area of your day.

Milk chocolate doesn’t count, and even drinking milk with your dark chocolate will reduce (negate?) its positive impact.

Dark chocolate has been shown to decrease blood pressure, reduce cancer and improve heart health. For a dessert, that ain’t half bad!

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Source: Katie Kimball

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