| Some call it a food group. It just means
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| | You can call chocolate addictive but it
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| that much and tastes that good.
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| | isn't really, or at least there's no
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| While it's not the healthiest food in
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| | evidence that it is. It's just a delight
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| some ways there are many health benefits
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| | to eat. It contains a variety of
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| to eating chocolate too.
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| | chemicals that can improve your mood but
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| Dark chocolate is of course the best, as
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| | in very small quantities.
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| it has the most cocoa and therefore the
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| | The absolute best way to indulge in
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| flavonoids, which provide the benefits.
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| | chocolate is to use cocoa powder in
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| The flavonoids have antioxidant
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| | recipes that have other healthy
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| properties, which have the potential to
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| | ingredients. You can substitute cocoa
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| help prevent cancer, heart disease, and
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| | powder for baking chocolate in some
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| stroke.
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| | recipes to decrease the fat content. To
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| Natural cocoa powders are the best, and
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| | make many baked goods even better for
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| when you're shopping for chocolate you
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| | you, use just egg whites rather than the
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| can get the best benefit from chocolates
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| | entire egg and replace butter and oil
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| with the highest cocoa content. In
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| | with unsweetened applesauce.
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| addition, milk chocolate has more fat and
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| | To finish this article off, I'd like to
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| calories due to the milk content than
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| | include a favorite recipe for chocolate
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| darker chocolates do.
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| | meringue. There's a lot of sugar in this
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| The benefits aren't extreme and
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| | recipe, so it's not 100% healthy but
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| unfortunately not worth overindulging in
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| | they're quite decadent without a lot of
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| chocolate. They do give a delightful
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| | calories.
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| bonus to one of life's little pleasures.
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| | 2 egg whites
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| The occasional dark chocolate is about as
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| | 1/2 cup sugar
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| good for you as the occasional glass of
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| | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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| red wine, which also contains flavonoids.
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| | 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
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| A new potential benefit has been
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| | 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
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| discovered by Children's Hospital &
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| | Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Beat the egg
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| Research Center Oakland. They've found
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| | whites in a large bowl at high speed
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| that chocolate can help with diarrhea by
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| | until peaks start to foam. Slowly add
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| limiting the production of fluids. The
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| | sugar as you continue to beat. Keeping
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| flavonoids appear to bind to a protein
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| | beating until stiff peaks form.
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| called CFTR, and then inhibit them. This
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| | Mix in vanilla and cocoa powder while
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| discovery is promising for its potential
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| | beating at a lower speed. Mix chocolate
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| to be developed as a cheap treatment with
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| | chips in by hand.
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| few or no side effects. Only time will
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| | Cover a baking sheet in foil or parchment
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| tell on that possibility, of course.
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| | paper. Drop spoonfuls of meringue about
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| Some worry about the stearic acid found
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| | an inch apart.
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| in chocolate. Stearic acid is a saturated
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| | Bake for one hour. Turn off oven and
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| fat, but some say it's a neutral so far
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| | leave meringues in the cooling oven for
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| as risk to the heart while others say it
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| | at least two more hours to allow the
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| has been shown to be a problem. As with
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| | meringues to completely dry. Store in an
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| many health topics it can be very hard to
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| | airtight container.
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| decide what to believe.
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