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chocolate for your health

From: Teri S. Mason (terily)
Date: Sat Jan 15 2000 - 07:40:21 PST

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    This is pretty interesting. Too bad it still has all the fat and
    calories!!

    >Butzin, Charlotte. “Health News & Views: DIET WATCH”, Bon Appétit,
    >February 2000, p.140.
    >
    >CHOCOLATE FOR HEALTH
    >There's no reason to resist temptation when that box of chocolates
    shows
    >up this month. A team of researchers in the Netherlands recently found
    >that chocolate contains high levels of catechins, antioxidant-like
    >substances that may fight cancer and heart disease. The scientists (our

    >new best friends) concluded that dark sweet chocolate has about three
    >times the amount of catechins as milk chocolate varieties, but eating
    >any chocolate just might be a wiser choice than, say, a piece of hard
    candy.
    >
    >The cocoa bean is a good source of fiber, protein, carbohydrates and B
    >vitamins. In fact, one ounce of dark sweet chocolate has 33 percent of
    >the magnesium recommended daily for women, and 12 percent of the iron. 

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