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Chocolate as a Super Food

Once regarded as a health sin, chocolate is now being hailed as a superfood because of the high levels of health-boosting antioxidants it contains.

Other ingredients include theobromine, which is good for the nervous system.

A recent study at Imperial College London showed chocolate can suppress persistent coughing. Another compound, phenylethylamine, is thought to have a mood-boosting effect.

Meanwhile, antioxidants in chocolate are said to protect the skin against UV damage. 

They also boost cardio-vascular health (these health benefits all accrue from dark chocolate, as it is higher in cocoa solids).

In fact, so good is chocolate that it’s no longer just a healthy indulgence – some doctors are now recommending it as a form of treatment.

Dr K.K. Atsina, formerly of the University of Ghana Medical School, has used cocoa powder ‘as an adjunct to treatment of hypertension and diabetes in my clinic for a very long time’.

Another Ghanaian doctor, Professor F. Kwaku Addai, writing in the journal Medical Hypotheses, describes how he recommends two to five cups a day to help protect against malaria.

‘I used to get malaria at least once a year,’ he says. ‘But since 2004, when my family started drinking unsweetened natural cocoa mixed with hot water, we have not had it.’

He says other doctors use it to help with everything from eyesight to asthma.

Closer to home, patients of Professor Dan Reinstein, a top laser eye surgeon at Harley Street’s London Vision Clinic, are encouraged to eat ‘as much as they can’ 30 minutes before surgery.

‘Patients who eat chocolate prior to surgery have a better recovery rate.

Article written by George Winter

Now for the best part if you go to www.candieman.com there you will find more information about chocolate and where in the world you can purchase this great super food. A web site that has been rated a one of the best affiliate chocolate and candy Internet web sites. 

Enjoy yourself, love yourself do the right thing and be kind to others seek out the best in others and I guarantee that you will live a more interesting life with less stress.  One rule that I live by is; what you say about me is none of my business.

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