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Holiday Dieting: A Sweet Way To Cheat!
If your diet is making you a humbug this season, there's some good news. Turns out dark chocolate, that decadent confection, may actually be good for you! Yes, recently conducted studies published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition have shown that a dose of dark chocolate will heed all sorts of healthy results. And with the holidays just around the corner, this news couldn't have come at a better time. So just for fun, I thought I'd conduct a mini-research project of my own and get the "skinny" on our friend dark chocolate. Here's some of the interesting "factoids" I came up with:
So, if you are looking for a healthy way to "cheat" this holiday season, dark chocolate may not be all together a bad option. Facts aside, however, and before you run out to fill your shopping cart full, keep these guidelines in mind:
If you'd like to skip the treat and not the fun, send a virtual chocolate postcard from this fun chocolate website (no calories included) : http://www.virtualchocolate.com/index.cfm To summarize my findings, it appears that dark chocolate is in fact our friend (and we will just leave its aphrodisiac qualities to your own private discussion groups, thanks). As for the cravings?.Well, do we really "need" chocolate? Survey says: Dunno. But, with the holidays upon us, a Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate once in a while-now available in the "sugar free" variety, mind you--sounds sweet enough to me. (Research Ref: Eat To Beat Cancer, Hatherill. 1998 St. Martins Press, New York) About The Author Laura Turner, Certified Personal Trainer has developed a series of health, fitness, and nutrition tips available at http://www.1brand-new-body.com In 21 days you can create healthy new you,let her show you how! Get her free report: 7 Steps to a High Performance Body by sending a blank email to: mailto:hiperformbody@getresponse.com
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