I was reading an article sometime ago where it says that studies in two prestigious scientific journals say dark chocolate -- but not white chocolate or milk chocolate -- is good for you. milk may interfere with the absorption of antioxidants from chocolate ... and may therefore neutralize the potential health benefits that can be derived from eating moderate amounts of dark chocolate.
Eating more dark chocolate can help lower blood pressure - if you've reached a certain age and have mild high blood pressure, but you have to balance the extra calories by eating less of other things.

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yes i agree
and bittersweet chocolate is all i do eat and you really don't need alot of it

bittersweet being 80+% cocoa content by my definition as a chef

the more cocoa content the less sugar content

there are many studies on the health benefits of cocoa
personally i find it raises my seratonin levels and gives me a sense of peace/euphoria
effectively helping me deal with stress

being it contains quite a bit less sugar than a candy bar the calories are more from the cocoa butter i find i treat it like avocados and olives in my diet so i do not go overboard
as bitter as it is it is very hard to go overboard but i admit i find it addictive
lol a pound of good chocolate cost about 20$ (commercially) but lasts me a year

i do caution people against just grabbing a chocolate bar off the quickiemart counter the amount of sugar and wax and hydrogenated fat far outweighs any benefit you might derive from the minimal about of cocoa content

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I know you said
Why can't you just get over it,
It turned my whole world around
and i kind of like it
I made by bed, and I sleep like a baby,
With no regrets and I don't mind saying,
It's a sad sad story
That a mother will teach her daughter
that she ought to hate a perfect stranger.
And how in the world
Can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they'd write me a letter
Saying that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over

Don't know if its true but I love dark chocolate, just had a dove bar 5 min ago....

this is more to my liking

Michel Cluizel Noir Infini 99%

http://www.chocolatmichelcluizel-na....uct=NOIRINFINI

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I know you said
Why can't you just get over it,
It turned my whole world around
and i kind of like it
I made by bed, and I sleep like a baby,
With no regrets and I don't mind saying,
It's a sad sad story
That a mother will teach her daughter
that she ought to hate a perfect stranger.
And how in the world
Can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they'd write me a letter
Saying that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over

OMG!!! 3.00 for a 1 oz candy bar....thats unbelievable, my dove was$0.58...lololol

i am quite satisfied only eating half of that bar
and that is retail pricing
i get it for half that through my restaurant

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I know you said
Why can't you just get over it,
It turned my whole world around
and i kind of like it
I made by bed, and I sleep like a baby,
With no regrets and I don't mind saying,
It's a sad sad story
That a mother will teach her daughter
that she ought to hate a perfect stranger.
And how in the world
Can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they'd write me a letter
Saying that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over

well I guess that better i you get a discount......cause I have to admit I loooove Good chocolate not just any will cut it.

i agree
and i have tried many different chocolates a simple bar no longer cuts it

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I know you said
Why can't you just get over it,
It turned my whole world around
and i kind of like it
I made by bed, and I sleep like a baby,
With no regrets and I don't mind saying,
It's a sad sad story
That a mother will teach her daughter
that she ought to hate a perfect stranger.
And how in the world
Can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they'd write me a letter
Saying that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over

I do believe it to be true but bowy do i still got love for my dark chocolate

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Yep and I try to eat dark chocolate every day. Sometimes I forget to buy a bar at the store and run out. You don't need a lot of dark chocolate for it to work, just part of a bar for the day.

Dont know how anything titled chocolate could be bad for you.............and I don't care what anyone says!!!

yum yum and yum

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Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.

I like all chocolate...

and yes I had heard about dark chocolate... and it makes sense.

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"All around the world, we are gazing skyward, waiting for God... never realizing that God is waiting for us."

Design your own reality.

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i am with obi....give me the expensive, chocolate....tastes soooo much better. As for being good for you....of course it is....its chocolate *yum* I do have to say, don't like white chocolate at all though..

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Pondi

"Breathe Grace"

*Frens of Ja*

sound like we alll living tha healthy lifestyle

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