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IF YOU FORGOT TO BUY CHOCOLATE, YOU MAY NEED TO EAT MORE!
If your significant other likes chocolate, you probably give it on Valentine’s day, but some science says eating it every day might help your brain function better. Chocolate and its components have...
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Growing Up With Cacao Trees in the Backyard?
Maribel Lieberman did, so it’s no wonder she went on to found MarieBelle Chocolate and Cacao Market by MarieBelle in New York. We were both guests together on the show “Nutrition and Exercise” on...
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Dark Chocolate: Does More = Less for BMI & Waist?
Readers of this column know I’m a lover of good dark chocolate. I make no secret of my interest in finding out all that’s good about the stuff. Here’s the latest: This recent meta-analysis looked at...
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CHOCOHOLICS REJOICE! It’s Healthy(ish)! Here’s the Evidence!
I love chocolate, particularly dark chocolate. I make no apologies, and the more I learn about chocolate and the cocoa bean, the more I realize no apologies are needed. It’s no joke, cocoa has health...
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Chocolate Geeks! Have You Tried These Delicious Artisan Bars?
I’ve loved chocolate – dark chocolate – ever since I can remember. As a little kid my dad would whisper to me, “Hey, you want some “bittersweet?” Then he’d lead me to his workshop in the basement and...
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Cadmium In Chocolate? Should You Worry?
I read a lot of research journals. The field of nutrition constantly evolves, so keeping abreast of the latest credible evidence is the only way to stay current. When I learned that chocolate – the...
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Valentine’s Newsflash: Something GOOD About Sugar & Chocolate!
Everyone’s dream: for the healthiest foods to also be the most delicious. Let’s face it, taste often casts the deciding vote about whether we’ll eat a food or not, irrespective of its potential health...
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Chocolate & Happiness: The Gut May Have The Link!
Anecdotally, we’ve all heard for years about chocolate’s impact on one’s mood. I even get happy just buying artisan chocolate bars. Still, food-centric anecdotes can be misleading. Monosodium glutamate...
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Lead & Cadmium In Chocolate? Hey, N.B.D.!
.dropcap-el-1 {background-color: e.g. green, yellow, purple, blue, red, grey, black; color: e.g. green, yellow, purple, blue, red, black, grey;}The words “lead, cadmium, & chocolate” together spell...
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Cocoa Powder: From Heavy Metals, To Health Claim?
I’ve written before about positive research on chocolate, here, here and here. I’ve written — the facts — about lead and cadmium in chocolate here. Dark chocolate and cocoa powder are loaded with a...
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