9 Health Benefits of Chocolate

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Superfoods don't just come from your supermarket's produce aisle. In fact those chocolate candy bars next to the gummy bears now qualify. Study after study proves that dark chocolate—sweet, rich, and delicious—is good for more than curing a broken heart. The secret behind its powerful punch is cacao, also the source of the sweet's distinct taste. Packed with healthy chemicals like flavonoids and theobromine, this little bean is a disease-killing bullet. The only problem? Cacao on its own is bitter, chalky, nasty stuff. Enter milk, sugar, and butter—good for your taste buds, not always good for your health. Besides adding calories, these can dilute the benefits of cacao. So snack smart: Stick to healthy chocolate with at least 70 percent cacao (or cocoa, which is cacao in its roasted, ground form). As long as the content is that high, says Mary Engler, Ph.D., a professor of physiological nursing at the University of California at San Francisco, you can reap the be...
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15 Signs You May Have Iron Deficiency And What To Do About It

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An iron deficiency may not seem like a serious health issue at first, but over time it can lead to an assortment of issues that can be detrimental to your mental and physical well-being. Unfortunately, many symptoms of an iron deficiency can be attributed to other things, or be something you’ve dealt with so long that you don’t recognize them as signs you have a problem.

When your body does not have adequate levels of iron, you may feel tired and drained. Iron deficiency can make you feel ‘out of sorts’ as if something is not quite right with your body. Iron is responsible for the production of a protein called hemoglobin. This protein delivers oxygen to red blood cells. If you are suffering from an iron deficiency, your red blood cells are literally gasping for air. 

Here are fifteen signs to look out for that could point to a lack of proper iron in your body: Exhaustion This is one of those signs that can be hard to recognize as a symptom of low iron. There are many reasons you could be tired all the time, and a less oxygen being carried to your bodily tissues due to an iron deficiency could be one of them.

 Extreme Paleness Without proper hemoglobin in the skin, it won’t retain a healthy color. Low levels of iron can lead to this lack of hemoglobin and cause your skin to be much paler than normal. Shortness of Breath Once again, iron helps get oxygen to the systems of the body. If you aren’t getting enough oxygen, you won’t be able to breathe normally.

 Pounding Heart One of the more serious signs to watch out for is a heart that seems to be working much harder than normal, especially if you haven’t been doing anything strenuous to get your heart rate up in the first place. Hair Loss When the body thinks it needs to be in survival mode, it will focus on keeping the most important systems running first. Hair growth and retention will not be a priority and so you might start losing your hair. Under-active Thyroid The thyroid helps keep your metabolism going. A deficiency in iron can slow down the normal functions of the thyroid so you’ll end up losing energy and gaining weight.

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