Today is National Wear Red Day, when Americans wear red to show support of women’s heart disease. Hear disease is the #1 killer of women in the
You may be wondering, “What in the world does this have to do with chocolate?” Well, the other day in the mail I received the latest copy of Heart Healthy Living. The front cover immediately caught my eye! CHOCOLATE! “Keep the treats and lower your blood pressure”. I am not a huge chocoholic but, I do enjoy chocolate (my youngest is the chocoholic in the family).
In one of the “chocolate” articles titled “Cocoa May Fight Hypertension”. WOW! I thought, I felt like a kid in a candy store! Then…I read on, 30 tiny little calories =( of dark chocolate you can eat daily to help reduce blood pressure without affecting body weight! Yea, all is not lost! The research was done at the University Hospital of Cologne.
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6 comments:
I work at a TV station and all the anchors and reports (and the behind the scenes people like me) are all wearing their RED today! Yay!
Grace ~ Good for ya'll! Don't forget, to eat your chocolate too =)
I love anything chocolate, especially chocolate covered raisins and hot chocolate, which I drink every day, year round.
Now all I have to do is drink red wine all the time, then I'll live forever.
I love it when "bad" things are good for you!
Ferd ~ I want to try the Frozen Hot Chocolate, it sounds good. I think that my sons blood is really chocolate, he is such a chocoholic he almost needs a 12 step program =)
that's a great excuse to keep eating chocolate! :)))
Dr. Clairebear ~ I thought so =)
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