It's likely that you have already seen or heard about some of the
recent studies on the health benefits of Dark Chocolate as reported
by
ABC, CNN, NBC, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Medicine and many
others. These studies indicate that Dark Chocolate has many health
benefits. In fact, Dr. Norman Hollenberg of Harvard Medicine, as
reported in "Science Daily", March 12, 2007 was quoted as saying
"Epicatechin (found in Health Chocolate) could potentially get rid of
4 of the 5 most common killer diseases in the Western world: stroke,
heart failure, cancer and diabetes."

So why shouldn't you just eat a Dove bar? Well . . . the caveat in
these studies is that they are done with unadulterated Dark Chocolate
whereas the chocolate found in candy is PROCESSED (which kills the
antioxidant content). Processed chocolate is laden with fat, wax,
fillers, preservatives and sugar which offset the health benefits of
Dark Chocolate.


1) The darker, the better. When looking for a Healthy Chocolate, be
sure to look for a chocolate containing at least 70% pure cocoa
powder. The more pure cocoa in the chocolate, the healthier it will
be.


2) Select non-alkalized (non-Dutched) chocolate. The Dutching process
neutralizes the bitter taste of pure cocoa, but at the expense of
destroying chocolates natural antioxidant values. Be sure to look for
a chocolate that has been cold-pressed and is unalkalized.


3) Not all fats are created equal. Studies are showing that cocoa
butter is a "neutral" fat, meaning that they it does not increase
cholesterol levels in the blood. Make sure that the chocolate you
select has cocoa butter and cocoa solids as primary ingredients, not
milk fats or hydrogenated oils.


4) Avoid the sugar. Most commercial chocolate is sweetened with
refined sugar and corn syrup, both of which spike blood sugar
profiles. Select a chocolate that uses natural sweeteners that are
low
on the glycemic index, such as raw cane juice crystals, agave nectar,
natural grape juice or blueberries.

"www.hchocolate.com" wrote:

So why shouldn't you just eat a Dove bar? Well . . . the caveat in
these studies is that they are done with unadulterated Dark Chocolate
whereas the chocolate found in candy is PROCESSED (which kills the
antioxidant content). Processed chocolate is laden with fat, wax,
fillers, preservatives and sugar which offset the health benefits of
Dark Chocolate.

Baloney! Good dark chocolates like Valrhona, Callebaut,
Guittard, etc. contain no fat (except from cocoa butter),
no wax, no fillers, no preservatives, and you can get 99%
bars with no added sugar.

You are raising these phony scare stories to try to pump
your own products, which are too inferior to compete
using honest information. You must make up false stories
because there are no honest reasons for people to buy
your crap.

On Jan 28, 10:19*am, Mark Thorson wrote:
Baloney! *Good dark chocolates like Valrhona, Callebaut,
Guittard, etc. contain no fat (except from cocoa butter),
no wax, no fillers, no preservatives, and you can get 99%
bars with no added sugar.

You are raising these phony scare stories to try to pump
your own products, which are too inferior to compete
using honest information. *You must make up false stories
because there are no honest reasons for people to buy
your crap.

Mark,

I did not mean to imply that there were no commercially available
chocolates out there that have health benefits, I was just pointing
out what to look for in a quality dark chocolate to maximize the
health benefits that chocolate offers.

"www.hchocolate.com" wrote:

I did not mean to imply that there were no commercially
available chocolates out there that have health benefits, I was
just pointing out what to look for in a quality dark chocolate
to maximize the health benefits that chocolate offers.

No, you weren't. You were making false defamatory
statements about competing chocolates to scare people
into buying your inferior product. If that's not true,
then please cite which products contain wax. Please
cite which products contain fillers and what those
fillers are. Please cite which products contain
preservatives, and what those preservatives are.
Certainly not ordinary chocolates like Hershey's
and Nestle's that anybody can buy anywhere.

You have made damning false accusations against the
chocolate industry to pump sales of your own products,
which cannot be successfully marketed without making
these untrue assertions. You are a despicable character.