Re: Is dark chocolate really good for you?

Jim Chinnis wrote:
:: "Chocolate" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in part:
::
::: Here is my question to those of you who know more than me about
::: this. Are the studies on dark chocolate and the benefits as good as
::: people are saying? I like chocolate but to here all the news
::: lately on how good it can be is almost unbelievable.
::
:: It is apparently the flavonoids in the cocoa bean. Modern
:: processing removes most of the flavonoids, so a typical dark
:: chocolate bar may have little or no benefit to offset its
:: calories. Apparently Mars now offers a cocoa and a special
:: supplement that is high in the flavonoids, but they are only
:: available in a few parts of the world in limited markets.

Have you got any references to back your claims that modern prosessing
removes most of the flavonoids from a typical dark chocolate bar?

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Juhana


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