{"id":2617,"date":"2009-02-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/chocolate-eating-lessons-4.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:23:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:23:21","slug":"chocolate-eating-lessons-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2617","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Eating Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With an estimated 1.1 billion pounds of chocolate <\/strong><\/em>to be sold and consumed this Valentine\u2019s Day, I know I’ll make chocolate lovers happy to know that chocolate can actually be a virtue, not a vice.<\/p>\n

If you find the right kind of chocolate, and consume it using healthful eating behaviors, what once was decadent can now become healthy. Over the next 4 days, I’ll be giving you valuable lessons on instant chocolate gratification.<\/p>\n

Let’s just start with the first rule here. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
1. Chocolate Is A Health Food:
<\/strong>Chocolate is, in fact, a health food. It acts like an anti-biotic as well as an anti-platelet akin to aspirin. It raises good cholesterol, lowers bad cholesterol, and its polyphenols can prevent the DNA damage that can lead to tumor formation.<\/p>\n

Flavenoids and flavenols (compounds also found in grapes, apples, tea, and other plant\/foods) are found in high concentrations in cocoa. Flavenoids have been proven to keep blood healthy, prevent cell damage and inflammation.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With an estimated 1.1 billion pounds of chocolate to be sold and consumed this Valentine\u2019s Day, I know I’ll make chocolate lovers happy to know that chocolate can actually be … <\/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-2617","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-Gd","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2616,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2616","url_meta":{"origin":2617,"position":0},"title":"Chocolate Eating Lessons","author":"Will Clower","date":"February 5, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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