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6 Fun Chocolate Facts
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Janice Taylor, Editor
Remember the old days when folks thought chocolate caused acne, rotted your teeth and made you fat? Boy-oh-boy, were they misguided or what?! Scientists now tell us that dark chocolate (the kind that contains 70% cocoa solids) is good for us! It’s contains more magnesium than any other natural source. Magnesium deficiency is linked to…
Sex and Food: CHOCOLATE Banned by the Church!
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Janice Taylor, Editor
In the 1600’s, chocolate was thought to be a powerful aphrodisiac, inflaming lustful passion. So much so that religious leaders banned monks and nuns from ingesting it. In 1997, three French senators campaigned to have chocolate reclassified as ‘vital foodstuff.’ Chocolate, they claimed, with its high content of magnesium and various vitamins, as well as…
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