Kashi is doing another free sample promotion to receive one of their 1oz Oatmeal Dark Chocolate cookies for free. I submitted my info for one about two weeks ago and my cookie showed up yesterday.
It’s definitely a “health food” cookie! Though it’s not dense or overly-chewy like a lot of health bars are, it’s also not a cookie with a whole lot of sugar in it, so you can really taste the seven whole grains that it boasts (”hard red winter wheat, oats, rye, triticale, barley, long grain brown rice, buckwheat and sesame seeds”), the dark chocolate chips and the …read more

Chocolate as a health food has been big news lately. First came the news that it prevents wrinkles, then that it can reduce the risk of cancer, and finally that chocolate keeps your blood pressure down. But before you rush into a chocolate feeding frenzy in the interest of good health, you should know the details about what you’re eating.
This is where the Chocolate Manufacturer’s Association (CMA) can help. They have come out with a document called Making Sense of % Cacao that includes definitions of many of the terms found on chocolate packaging. You can read the entire document …read more