{"id":2616,"date":"2009-02-05T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/chocolate-eating-lessons-3.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:23:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:23:21","slug":"chocolate-eating-lessons-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2616","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Eating Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/SYhl2fjHcvI\/AAAAAAAABaQ\/iyBhblIvTDs\/s1600-h\/DarkChocolate.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1392912434  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298596948457517810\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 123px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 97px\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/SYhl2fjHcvI\/AAAAAAAABaQ\/iyBhblIvTDs\/s320\/DarkChocolate.jpg?w=735\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><strong>Eat the dark chocolate:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As popular as milk chocolate is, it\u2019s the dark chocolate that\u2019s healthful.<\/p>\n<p>What gives chocolate its trove of amazing health properties is the cocoa itself. And, if you had to guess &#8230; how many GRAINS of cocoa do you suppose there to be in standard chocolate confections, Kit Kat bars, milky ways, and the others? Maybe 4?<\/p>\n<p>So, to gain the health benefits, choose the rich dark chocolate \u2013 the more cocoa content the better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eat the dark chocolate: As popular as milk chocolate is, it\u2019s the dark chocolate that\u2019s healthful. What gives chocolate its trove of amazing health properties is the cocoa itself. And, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[494],"tags":[470],"class_list":["post-2616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-chocolate-eating-lessons"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-Gc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8010,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=8010","url_meta":{"origin":2616,"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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