The Cocoa Trials

It looks like chocolate may be the secret to stopping heart disease.  Well, kind of.  A new study has found that a key extract in cocoa significantly reduces the chances of dying from cardiovascular problems. Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that consuming cocoa flavanols lowered the risk of cardiovascular death by 27 percent. The findings…

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Eat. Dark. Chocolate.

Does Christmas time (and the pandemic) automatically make you want to eat your way through the entire month of December? What do you usually reach for? Fruit? Veggies? Of course, those are the healthy choices, but chocolate may be a sweet treat that’s as yummy as it is healthy. But, not just any old chocolate…

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National Chocolate Cupcake Day

It’s going to be a scrumptious day. It’s National Chocolate Cupcake Day! Yes! It’s a real thing! And, if you’re one of the few odd birds that don’t like chocolate, well, you can wait for Dec 15 which is just regular ol’ cupcake day. We know that this is not something we usually tell you…

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Chocolate lowers risk of AFib

Over the years, researchers have linked chocolate, particularly dark chocolate, to many health-positives. A new study from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health is drawing a new, stronger connections with AFib. AFib (Atrial Fibrillation) is a heart condition presenting as an irregular heartbeat. Many with the condition describe it as feeling like a flutter…

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