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benefits of dark chocolate Dark Chocolate Might Be Better than Orange Juice to Help You Get Out of Colds

Black is the New Orange: Dark Chocolate Might Be Better Against Colds than Orange Juice

If you’re going hard on the OJ to keep colds at bay, you might want to rethink your strategy. While orange juice does contain vitamin C and the nutrient plays a role in the correct functioning of the immune system, the beverage is rich in sugar (fructose) which actually plays against your defences. A better …

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Favourite Chocolate

The Power of Cocoa – Your Favourite Chocolate May be Good for Your Brain

There’s exciting news for chocolate lovers today as a new study has found some health benefits to our favourite tasty treat. According to a study published in the journal, Frontier in Nutrition, cocoa flavonoids present in chocolate are beneficial to our brain. They wrote: “Beneficial cognitive effects of regular flavanols intake, particularly in patients at risk, …

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