good news! now it's okay to eat chocolate as much as i actually crave it!
in a study conducted by the hersey centre for health & nutrition, dark chocolate, cocoa, and hot chocolate mix were compared to fruit juices containing acai berries, cranberries and pomegranates. the researchers concluded that both dark chocolate and cocoa have more antioxidants and more flavonols than fruit. big deal people!! these are the things that protect us from cancer and heart disease. this earns chocolate the title of "super food".
here's the catch: it's only products derived from cacao seeds (like cocoa powder and dark chocolate), and if the chocolate is heated the health benefits are destroyed.
so either it's true or it's the greatest marketing ploy of all time. but does it really matter?
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