7 Health Benefits of Chocolate

  • By South Melbourne OsteoAuthor /
  • May 6, 2014 /
  • In blog_in_blog /
  • Last Update May 6, 2014 /

So we all know that chocolate comes from cocoa beans  (the seeds of the Theobroma cacao tree) but what you may not realise is that these beans of goodness are high in flavanols.

These abundant phenolic plant compounds have marked antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and are thought to be responsible for much of the health benefit ascribed to chocolate consumption.

Discover the’ 7 Health Benefits of Chocolate’  (yes 7! )  here;  http://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/chocolate

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