The cardiovascular health benefits of chocolate has already been much documented. Its positive effect on skin health, a bit less so. That is actually good for the teeth? Unheard of… til now.
Think chocolate is bad for your teeth? Think again—it may actually be beneficial. A study out of the University of Osaka Graduate School of Dentistry in Osaka, Japan found that after four days of rinsing with a cocoa flavanol extract without other oral hygiene methods (such as brushing or flossing) participants had decreased bacteria and plaque on their teeth.
Can you believe that? In the book Chocolate – A Healthy …read more

According to a study sponsored by the Hershey Company, the antioxidant compound resveratrol found in grapes skin (and thus red wine) is also present in substantial amounts in cocoa and chocolate products. In fact, they say cocoa/chocolate products are second to red wine among known sources of resveratrol.
In the study, top selling retail products from six categories were tested for the level of resveratrol and its sister compound, piceid. The six product categories included cocoa powder, baking chocolate, dark chocolate, semi-sweet baking chips, milk chocolate and chocolate syrup. Gram for gram, cocoa powder had the highest average amount of resveratrol …read more

If you start eating foods rich in a compound called epicatechin now, you might be able to keep your memory sharp even into the old age. Epicatechin is a natural compound found in blueberries, tea, grapes, and cocoa. In mice trials, it has been shown that the combination of exercise and a diet with epicatechin promoted structural and functional changes in the dentate gyrus, a part of the brain involved in the formation of learning and memory.
When studying their brains, van Praag and her colleagues found that these mice had greater blood vessel growth in the dentate gyrus and …read more

The belief (I bet it’s going to be tough to prove it as a fact) that chocolate is an aphrodisiac has been doing the rounds since about 1,500 years ago, among the Mayans and Aztecs in South America. To a certain extent, chocolate does lift up mood by trigerring the release of happiness hormones in the brain, but to say it’s an aphrodisiac is a bit off the mark, a claim that still lacks solid proof.
So if chocolate is not an aphrodisiac, why not make it into one?
An array of organic chocolates bearing unusual names such as ‘Dreamy‘, ‘Beautiful‘, ‘Fantastic‘, …read more