This just in: CHOCOLATE IS GOOD FOR YOU!!! Not Hershey’s waxy version of the stuff, and not just the super-bitter expensive dark stuff either. It’s good ol’ Dove Dark that has shown the highest levels of antioxidants. Which is cool because Dove actually tastes good. It’s rich, but not overbearing. This means that you can prevent cancer and heart disease by eating chocolate every day, folks. It’s like eating broccoli, but more fun. Just don’t eat too much. Moderation in all things!
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By Linda Rao, a freelance writer and frequent contributor to Prevention.
You’ve read it before: Dark chocolate, the richer in cocoa the better, is not only a to-die-for treat, it’s actually good for you. And just 1 oz of a very special dark chocolate packs more than twice the healthy antioxidants punch of red wine or other dark chocolates.
Dove Dark, made by Mars, Inc., contains Cocoapro cocoa, a proprietary, specially processed cocoa that contains superhigh levels of antioxidants –so high that Dove Dark is used in medical research.
“Cocoa is rich in antioxidant flavonoids called flavanols, which include procyanidins, epicatechins, and catechins,” explains Harold Schmitz, PhD, director of science at Mars, Inc. Studies have shown that people with high blood levels of flavonoids have lower risk of heart disease, lung cancer, prostate cancer, asthma, and type 2 diabetes.
Several studies in animals and humans have shown the heart-healthy effects of dark chocolate’s antioxidants. One of these studies, led by Penny Kris-Etherton, PhD, RD, distinguished professor of nutrition at Penn State University, found that people who ate a diet rich in cocoa powder and dark chocolate had lower oxidation levels of bad LDL cholesterol, higher blood antioxidant levels, and 4 percent higher levels of good HDL cholesterol.
Here are the good things research shows that Cocoapro cocoa can do…
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I couldn’t agree more!!! I love Dove dark chocolate.