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...

best Ways to Predict Your Baby’s Gender


Most women are able to find out their baby’s gender during their 20 week ultrasound, but in the meantime it’s fun to let people guess what you are having based on all the old pregnancy wives’ tales.



Morning sickness may be a predictor of baby’s gender. Many women claim that they feel much sicker when they are pregnant with a girl than with a boy. And, research tends to support this claim as well. Several studies have found that women who had hyperemesis gravidarum (or extreme morning sickness) were more likely to be pregnant with girls.


 What does your belly look like? Does it look more like a watermelon or a basketball? This old wives’ tale has been around for a while. If you look like you’re carrying a watermelon, you are having a girl. If you look like you’re sporting a basketball, you’re having a boy.

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