3 Reasons And 3 Ways To Eat Healthy Chocolate

Forrest Gump famously stated, "Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get." Well, in fact, research shows that what you get from chocolate are nutrients that can help keep your heart beating strong; improve your insulin sensitivity, blood cholesterol, and inflammation; help in the battle against type 2 diabetes; and maybe even boost your VO2 max.[1-3]*

But, plowing through a bag of sugar-coated chocolate candies won't do your health or waistline any favors. Instead, here are three healthy, antioxidant-rich ways to get your chocolate fix—and a recipe to put each one to deliciously good use.

1. Dark Chocolate Bar

Chocolate bars are essentially a blend of ground up cocoa bean (referred to as chocolate liquor or cocoa mass), cocoa butter, and sugar. The higher the cocoa percentage of a bar, the less sugar and generally the larger dose of antioxidants it will contain. Since many antioxidants have a bitter taste, dark chocolate can be an acquired...

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