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Chocolate Does Not Contain Caffeine |
| 9/28/2009 8:18:53 AM |
There is a persistent urban legend that Chocolate contains caffeine. It would seem that this rumor is based primarily on a confusion between two similar alkaloids: caffeine and Theobromine. Theobromine is the active ingredient in Chocolate and it occurs only in Cacao. The two stimulants are related and have a similar structures, but are very... Read More |
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Heart Benefit for Chocolate |
| 9/22/2009 12:36:31 AM |
 In a study that will provide comfort to chocoholics everywhere, researchers in Sweden have found evidence that people who eat chocolate have increased survival rates after a heart attack — and it may be that the more they eat, the better.
The scientists followed 1,169 nondiabetic men and women who had been hospitalized for a first heart attack. Each... Read More |
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Is chocolate a health food? |
| 9/20/2009 10:27:37 PM |
 When asked what he thought about news that chocolate was good for the heart, Andrew Weil, M.D. talked about the news about chocolate - that it makes blood vessels more flexible- adds to accumulating evidence that chocolate offers a number of health benefits and may be good for the heart. Earlier findings had shown that chocolate contains... Read More
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Who's sick of their headaches? |
| 9/18/2009 5:20:33 PM |
I have fought with migraines for most of my life. Sometimes it can be as easy as drinking more water or eating better. One thing that really seems to help is taking one of the B vitamins, riboflavin, with a nice big glass of water. One, you probably need water anyway. And two, you probably don't get enough riboflavin either.
Oh yeah, some people call it B-2, but it's the... Read More |
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