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Chocolate for coughs

 dark chocolate coughEating chocolate could be more effective than sucking a lozenge at treating coughs, say doctors.

They have made the surprising discovery that a chemical found in chocolate is better at suppressing a throaty tickle than medication used in cough medicines.

We've always said that there are many benefits to eating chocolate (as if we needed another... Read More
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Can chocolate can stop a cough?

dark chocolateBelieve it or not, it is possible according to Charles Stuart Platkin (a nutrition and public health advocate and founder of www.DietDetective.com).

But it's dark chocolate that has the benefits, not milk chocolate. In fact, historically, many people including Nicolas de Blegny, doctor to the king of France in the late 1600s, have believed that... Read More
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Chocolate Does Not Contain Caffeine

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 MoreTheobromine vs Caffeine in chocolate
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