Health benefits of...Chocolate?

[Andrew Green]

http://articles.health.msn.com/id/100110681

 

[shesulsa]

I knew there was a reason I scarfed it ceaselessly. :ultracool

 

[arnisador]

I added a glass of wine a day for the health benefits...looks like i'll have to add a Milky Way bar every day too!

Seriously, I believe this..but as always, in moderation.

 

[Shirt Ripper]

Good article. Thanks for the link. Nearly everyfood has (potential) positives and negatives. Same goes for activities for that matter.

 

[7starmantis]

Yeah, many things have these anitoxidants and free radicals in them in higher percentages....but what the hell, any reason to eat chocolate is a great one for me!!

7sm

 

[jfarnsworth]

They make those damn M&M's too good. :jedi1:

 

[Phoenix44]

M&Ms is cheating. It has to be REAL chocolate, like dark chocolate.

 

[MikeMartial]

Personal experience with this....

.....after these articles started coming out, I began treating myself to a small square of pure dark chocolate (%85 cocoa) daily. Surprisingly enough, I became highly addicted to it. I craved it daily, and the one square a day escalated into a whole bar a day (those huge bars you can buy the grocery store).

It seems that chocolate acts on the same neuro receptors as narcotics; never being addicted to anything in my life before, I was a wee bit surprised.

So, for me, the anti-oxidant benefits did not outweight the addictive properties of chocolate

 

[Shirt Ripper]

Personal experience with this....

.....after these articles started coming out, I began treating myself to a small square of pure dark chocolate (%85 cocoa) daily. Surprisingly enough, I became highly addicted to it. I craved it daily, and the one square a day escalated into a whole bar a day (those huge bars you can buy the grocery store).

It seems that chocolate acts on the same neuro receptors as narcotics; never being addicted to anything in my life before, I was a wee bit surprised.

So, for me, the anti-oxidant benefits did not outweight the addictive properties of chocolate

My guess would be that that would be the norm.