Article By: Sandra Gordon and Amy Leibrock AT Weight Watchers
(Photos By WeightWatchers.com)
So now, we have an excuse…it’s good for us!!!
I just had to share this article for all my readers that LOVE chocolate! 🙂
There’s a reason that chocolate inspires gotta-have-it cravings for so many of us, perhaps more than any other food: It’s good for you.
“It’s actually good for your heart and also good for your blood pressure,” says Valentine Yanchou Njike, MD, MPH, of the Yale Griffin Prevention Research Center, who has researched cocoa’s effect on blood vessel function.
Researchers have also found that phytochemicals in cocoa, which is used to make chocolate, may improve blood vessel function, slow blood clotting, improve insulin resistance and have protective effects against cancer. And even though the labels say chocolate contains saturated fat, it’s actually the kind of fat (called stearic acid) that has little effect on your cholesterol levels.
But experts warn…
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