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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29 Weight Loss Tips That Actually Work from Women Who have Lost Over 100 Pounds!

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The weight loss industry rakes in $20 Billion annually. It’s no surprise, considering how difficult it is to lose weight. Dieters spend hundreds, sometimes thousands, to see very small results. It might seem much easier to just give up. Fortunately, there are many people who have seen weight loss success and were willing to share their secrets with Elizabeth Narins. The women who shared the following 29 tips have lost over 100 pounds and have kept it off.

1. Start small A sure way to sabotage your weight loss efforts is to expect too much too soon. Instead of adopting radical changes in an effort to lose everything you hope and then some, make small tweaks to your diet and exercise. The weight will come off slowly, but you’ll be developing the habits at a pace that you can embrace.

 2. Don’t give up when your weight loss plateaus. It is only natural for weight loss efforts to stall. Instead of giving up and giving in to those ice cream cravings, look for ways to change your weight loss efforts. You may need to add some cardio or cut out a high fat food to give your weight loss a boost.

 3. Be realistic about which habits need to go. Honestly assess your habits. Do you overeat at meals? Snack? Go weeks without exercise? You probably already know which changes need to be made. The difficult part is admitting to them.


 4. Find a healthy meal you like and eat it all the time. It may take a while to discover a healthy, low fat meal that keeps you happy and satisfied. Try a lot of different recipes. When you discover the one you love, make sure you always have the ingredients on hand


 5. Start with one small change. The first step may be as simple as writing down the foods that you eat. Without changing your diet or exercise you may see results simply due to the fact that you have to be accountable for what you are consuming.

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