Great reasons for eating chocolate

Besides tasting good here are some good reasons for enjoying some chocolate..........

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Just 30 calories per day of chocolate may be enough to help reduce your blood pressure. As far as serving sizes go, that’s about a Hershey’s Kiss worth.

But you have to eat the right kind of chocolate, according to Joseph Maroon, MD, author of The Longevity Factor. He recommends nonsweetened or minimally sweetened dark chocolate that’s at least 70 percent cocoa.

Crazy for Cocoa
Dark chocolate can also help reduce atherosclerosis and blood clotting, aid blood flow, contribute to an overall reduction in heart attacks, and improve cholesterol levels, according to Maroon. And it’s all thanks to the powerful antioxidants found in the cocoa bean. Here’s everything you ever wanted to know about this heart-smart treat.

More Good Reasons to Eat Chocolate
As if you need them . . . Maroon offers three more great reasons to indulge:

1. For better blood sugar. Chocolate enhances the effect of insulin and sugar utilization. Drop your blood sugar even further with this one painless click.
2. For a finer complexion. Yep, fewer wrinkles and fine lines. Here’s how you can help your skin with chocolate.
3. For a better mood. The taste isn’t the only reason it makes us smile. This is how you get happier with chocolate.

You're singing my song for sure!!!   I try to resist chocolate, but when I MUST, here's my
choice:  The statistics below are for one serving of 5 pieces.  I eat only ONE, but it sure it hard to stop after one!

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Mars Dove Sugar Free Rich Dark Chocolate With Raspberry Creme	1.00	190	15g	5mg	0mg	22g	0g	3g	2g

Yummy Jan, that's what that is, yummy!

Yummy it is, but I could eat the whole package without stopping if I let myself.
Oh, how I wish I was one of those who would dump!!!

I don't dump either, unless I overdo that is, I have had the experience if I overdo sugar or fat in one sitting. . .  but I find I usually have been able to enjoy a little of something and be done with it. . .  did you see my post about the cocoa roasted almonds by Emerald, they are a nice treat, hint of dark chocolate and 6 grams of protein per serving. . .  just need to calculate the fat into your daily allowances. . .

my favorite candy has always been the plain old hershey bar!!! i learned to count with them - my gramma broke it into lil squares and taught me to count!!! i do love dark chocolate now tho--

i have to say it's hard to stop at one kiss.....


how many of you have been to hershey pennsylvania??? omg the town smells like chocolate!!! took a trip there years ago with my Girl Scout troop and my best friend who was a fellow chocoholic!!!! and the street lights are shaped like kisses!!!!!

thx ruth!!!!

I think all girl scout troops go to Hershey, PA.  That was my favorite girl scout trip of all time, go figure.  My family laughs at me cuz every night I have ONE snack size hershey bar while I'm watching TV.  I break it into 3 pieces and let each one melt in my mouth.  My family knows you don't "talk to Mom" when she's eating her chocolate, lol.

And I thought it just tasted good! Guess I will get me a dark chocolate dove candy bar. Have a great day! Michelle

i love my chocolate, just do it sugar free these days

either the dove, or hersehys sugar free special dark, is yummy

from one chocolate nut to another, hugs, jacki

Yesterday, at the ending of the conference, they brought in these huge dessert trays and wheeled them to our tables and everyone was getting their pie, cake, ect...; my friend picked out this huge chocolate brownine with ice cream and shaved chocolate and syrup running down the side.  I, though, took a bowl of strawberries.  It waas driving me nuts; I had to have a bite of that delicious looking dessert, but I know how badly I dump.  But, I finally said to my friend, let me just dip my strawberry in your chocolate.  OMG, that chocolate syrup was so good.  Realize that I don't do any form of sweets except using splenda.  I dump on the artificial sweetened syrups, so I can only imagine what the real stuff would do to me and have taken a bite of birthday cake that had me foaming so badly I had to stay in the bathroom until I hurled it back up.  But, just a tipped of the top of that strawberry with that syrup made me giggly.