Thursday, June 26, 2008

chocolate ! ! !

i knew there was a reason to eat chocolate. an article on msn listed seven foods to keep you young. not sure if they were in any particular order, but chocolate was number four on the list. so go eat some chocolate today!!!


Chocolate

The Kuna people of the San Blas islands, off the coast of Panama, have a rate of heart disease that is nine times less than that of mainland Panamanians. The reason? The Kuna drink plenty of a beverage made with generous proportions of cocoa, which is unusually rich in flavanols that help preserve the healthy function of blood vessels. Maintaining youthful blood vessels lowers risk of high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, kidney disease and dementia.

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