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...

10 Cleaning Hacks That Every Women Should Know!


Cleaning your house isn’t an easy task. Whether you love to clean or you are an OCD or you are a ‘once in a blue moon’ cleaner, all of us would love to make the process of cleaning faster and effortless. After all cleaning takes time and is extremely gruelling. But like they say, ‘necessity is the mother of all inventions’, so here we have made a list that you would surely find absolutely useful. In this article, we will share with you some of the most unique yet useful cleaning hacks that you should keep in mind while you are on a cleaning spree. So, shall we get started?

1.Cleaning Sponge Did you know that nuke bacteria start living in your cleaning sponge? This can be extremely unhealthy for the dishes that you wash with it. Remove all those nuke bacteria by keeping the sponge in your microwave oven for about 2 minutes.

2.Washing Machine Fill the washing machine and pour 2 cups of vinegar inside it Set the washing machine for around 1 hour Start the machine over again to let it run for one complete cycle Look for any grime, if any, when the machine drains Use a sponge and some white vinegar to scrub it down Now fill up the machine again and pour 2 cups of bleach; let it soak for 1 hour Use Q-Tips to clean the nooks and crannies along with the knobs and lids Restart the machine and let it run through one complete cycle again Once done, you will be amazed to see your clean and shiny machine

3.Baseboards Don’t you hate those patchy and dirty baseboards? Use fabric softener sheets to clean those baseboards like a dream!

4. Carpet and Mattress Stains This secret concoction will help you in getting rid of those carpet and mattress stains in a jiffy. Take hydrogen peroxide and some dish soap; mix it well to create a solution. Use this solution to remove those hideous stains in no time!

5.Water Spots on Taps No matter how much hard we try, removing water spots and fingerprints from your washroom and kitchen fittings isn’t an easy task. But there’s something that you can do to keep them from appearing. Just take a wax paper and rub it over the tap properly. This action prevents water spots and fingerprints from appearing on the fittings.

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