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...

Know the "Sister Bra Sizes" to Quickly Find a Bra That Fits


Ladies, can we talk about how frustrating it is to shop for a bra? Between the insane lack of standard bra sizing and our breasts naturally changing in size and shape every so often, getting the right fit isn't easy. This graphic offers a few pointers to help.


Lingerie company HerRoom's infographic points out some of the basics of bra sizing, such as measuring for cup and band size. What you might not have known about bras is that the "sister bra sizes"—the sizes surrounding your current bra size—can help you quickly find a bra that fits better when the one you're trying on doesn't run true to size.


 If the band fits, for example, but the cup doesn't, change the letter but not the number (e.g., from 36C to 36B or 36D). To change the band size, change both the letter and the number, diagonally (see the graphic below for a clear example, going from 36C to 38B or 34D). And to change both the cup and the band size, adjust the number but not the letter (e.g., 36C to 34C or 38C). It sounds confusing (as bra shopping can sometimes be), but this could help you save some time selecting a bra that will actually fit. Here's the full graphic (note that there is an error in the top chart, where cup size C is repeated twice; the first one should be B):

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