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More About Chocolate and Your Health

Many people eat chocolate when they are sad or feeling down. Others crave the stuff, claiming they are addicted to chocolate’s unique taste and smell. Some even assert that chocolate can relax you, help you lose weight, and even prolong your life.

Scientists from many different institutions and organizations have conducted a number of studies on chocolate in recent years in order to sort through these claims. What they have discovered will not only surprise you, but may forever change the way you think about, buy, and eat chocolate.

And stayed tuned, because medical research is constantly uncovering new information about chocolate’s effects on the human body.


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Some traditional healers from Latin America still use chocolate for medicinal purposes. For example, healers in Oaxaca, Mexico, use chocolate to help cure bronchitis, as well as treat bee and scorpion stings.




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