{"id":12921,"date":"2024-02-20T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=12921"},"modified":"2024-02-06T22:15:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T03:15:54","slug":"cho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=12921","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Heart Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"chocolate<\/p>\n

I made these at our house, and they are exactly as delicious as they look. Plus, they’re so simple to make, taking no more than 20 minutes to swirl together the rich yummy chocolate ganache, and then to dunk the ripe strawberries to perfection.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alert! Sciency Speak Below<\/span><\/h3>\n

As if you could love anything more about these nuggets of deliciousness, the quercetin found in the berries and the flavonoids in high cocoa chocolate are both associated with improved heart health.<\/span><\/p>\n

This means that (eaten in moderation) you\u2019re going to love these just as much as your heart will!<\/span><\/p>\n

Get the recipe here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I made these at our house, and they are exactly as delicious as they look. Plus, they’re so simple to make, taking no more than 20 minutes to swirl together … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[494],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/chocolate-covered-strawberry-heart-shaped.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s7Qv5g-cho","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8010,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=8010","url_meta":{"origin":12921,"position":0},"title":"Chocolate For Your Heart Health","author":"Will Clower","date":"February 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"If you\u2019ve ever wondered if\u00a0your love affair with chocolate is a one-sided relationship,\u00a0don\u2019t worry.\u00a0The latest\u00a0nutritional\u00a0research has some\u00a0very\u00a0good news. 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