Great news for all of us chocolate lovers...Dark Chocolate has great health benefits (mostly due to its' antioxidants)!
Here are some of them:
*Lowers blood pressure
*Lowers cholesterol
*Produces feelings of pleasure/excitement (stimulates endorphins)
*Is an anti-depressant (contains seratonin)
*Most of its fats are healthy fats
*Protects the body from aging (caused by free radicals)
What's not to love? Please note that NONE of these benefits come from eating Milk Chocolate or White Chocolate. In fact, White Chocolate is not actually chocolate at all!
Now don't go crazy and eat a ton of dark chocolate just because it has these great benefits. After all, it still has pretty high calories and fat content. Simply do this...whenever you would have eaten chocolate, replace your milk or white chocolate with dark. Or instead of another dessert, go for a small dark chocolate bar.
Enjoy!
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