Chocolate 101
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Enjoy Chocolate 101
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Albertsons Wild Harvest Organic Rich Chocolate Cocoa Mix            None

Earth Circle Organics Organic Balinese Cacao Nibs                         Cadmium

Endangered Species 72% Natural Dark Chocolate                          None

Ferrero Fine Assorted Confections                                                None

Ghirardelli Intense Twilight 72% Dark Cacao                                   Cadmium

Ghirardelli Intense 86% Dark Midnight Reverie Chocolate                None

Ghirardelli Chocolate Unsweetened Baking Bar                              Lead & Cadmium

Godiva 50% Cacao Dark Chocolate Sea Salt                                  Lead

Godiva 72% Cacao Dark Chocolate                                               Lead & Cadmium

Godiva 85% Cacao Extra Dark Chocolate                                      Lead & Cadmium

Hershey Scharffen Berger Semisweet 62% Dark Chocolate             Cadmium

Hershey Scharffen Berger 82% Extra Dark Fine Chocolate               Cadmium

Hershey Dagoba Organic 74% Rich Dark Chocolate                        Lead & Cadmium

Hershey’s Kisses Milk Chocolate                                                   None

Hershey Reese’s Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups                       None

Jo’s Candies Dark Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers                  None

Toblerone Swiss Milk Chocolate Bar                                               None

Kroger 72% Cacao Dark Chocolate Swiss Bar                                 Lead & Cadmium

Lake Champlain 57% Dark Chocolate                                             Lead & Cadmium

Lindt Excellence – 85% Cocoa Excellence Extra Dark                       Lead & Cadmium

Lindt Excellence – A Touch of Sea Salt Dark                                    None

Mars Dove Silky Smooth Dark Chocolate Bar                                  Cadmium

Mars Snickers                                                                              None

Mars CocoaVia Daily Cocoa Extract Supplement                            None

Mondelez Green & Black’s Organic 85% Cacao Bar                        Lead & Cadmium

Mondelez Green & Black’s 35% Organic Milk Chocolate                  None

Moonstruck 68% Dark Chocolate                                                  Lead

Nestle Crunch                                                                             None

Nestle Ovaltine Classic Malt Mix                                                   None

See’s Candies Premium Extra Dark Chocolate (62% Cacao)             Cadmium

Starbucks Dark Chocolate Covered Grahams                                  None

Theo Fair Trade Pure 85% Dark Chocolate                                      Cadmium

Trader Joe’s Swiss 72% Cacao Dark Chocolate                                Lead

Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Bar                                                    Lead

Trader Joe’s Pound Plus Dark Chocolate                                         Lead

Trader Joe’s Pound Plus 72% Cacao Dark Chocolate                        Lead

Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate 73% Cacao Super Dark                        Lead & Cadmium

Trader Joe’s 85% Dark Lover's Chocolate                                        Lead & Cadmium

Wild Ophelia New Orleans Chili 70 % Dark Chocolate                      Lead

Whole Foods 365 Organic 56% Dark Chocolate                               Lead & Cadmium

This comes directly from the one and only wonderful magazine of Oprah Winfrey. I am currently subscribed, and have been enjoying this good read for a couple of years now. I like the large size of the magazine, the photographs which are by the way beautiful, and a mixture of diverse articles. Despite the fact that there are not many articles on fashion, politics, finance, or health, the magazine happens to be well balanced.

The article below is from the Oprah magazine. It is copied word for word. Hey, no copyright issues here, I mentioned the source. Nevertheless, enjoy! 

“Didn’t think your sweet treat could get any sweeter? Think again. A growing body of research on flavonols, a type of antioxidant plentiful in cocoa beans, suggests that this guilty pleasure can do wonders for your overall well-being. The delicious benefits:

SHARPER MIND: Harvard research found that when older adults with diabetes or hypertension and impaired blood flow to the brain drank two cups of hot cocoa daily for 30 days, 89 percent saw an improvement in blood flow during testd of memory and thinking skills, suggesting that cocoa may also reverse some of the cognitive changes that come with age or vascular disease.

LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE: A daily dose of dark chocolate may help lower BP. In one small 2014 study, researchers found that when subjects ages 18 to 23 ate about a third of an ounce of dark chocolate (that was more than 75% cocoa) daily for a month, they experienced a decrease in blood pressure and arterial stiffness. Why? Chocolate may improve blood flow by relaxing arteries.

BETTER STRESS CONTROL: If you ofen reach for the sweet stuff when you’re under pressure, don’t beat yourself up. A recent Swiss study found that dark chocolate may help suppress the production of stress hormones from the adrenal glands in anxiety-inducing situations. Consider this permission to keep a little dark chocolate stashed in your desk drawer.”

AND THE EXPERTS SPOKE!
Indulge why don't you!!! It is an order! HE HE HE!