{"id":5926,"date":"2010-03-30T19:58:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T19:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2010\/03\/finally-someone-has-the-courag.html"},"modified":"2010-03-30T19:58:29","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T19:58:29","slug":"finally-someone-has-the-courag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2010\/03\/finally-someone-has-the-courag.html","title":{"rendered":"Finally, Someone has the courage to tell the truth!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From CNN.com<\/b><\/a>. What’s your advice? What chocolate should we purchase?<\/b><\/div>\n
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Compared with people who rarely ate chocolate (about one bar per month), the people who ate the most chocolate (slightly more than one bar per week) had a 27 percent and 48 percent reduced risk of heart attack and stroke, respectively, the researchers found….<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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OK, we need to be careful, but just sayin’, the stuff’s good for you. Amen.
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“This is only one small egg per day,” says Buijsse. “Eating higher amounts will most likely result in weight gain. If people start eating small amounts of chocolate, it should replace something else, preferably other high-calorie sweets or snacks.”<\/span><\/div>\n
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Experts believe that natural compounds known as flavonoids (or flavonols), which appear to promote artery health and reduce inflammation, are responsible for the cardiovascular benefits that have been associated with chocolate consumption.<\/span><\/div>\n
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This study is merely the latest to point to the heart benefits of chocolate. In addition to lower blood pressure, cocoa consumption has been linked to improved blood vessel function, lower LDL (or bad cholesterol), and higher HDL (good cholesterol) in recent years.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From CNN.com. What’s your advice? What chocolate should we purchase? Compared with people who rarely ate chocolate (about one bar per month), the people who ate the most chocolate (slightly more than one bar per week) had a 27 percent and 48 percent reduced risk of heart attack and stroke, respectively, the researchers found…. 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