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Chocolate can do good things for your heart, skin and brain Scientists at the Harvard University School of Public Health recently examined 136 studies on coco -- the foundation for chocolate -- and found it does seem to boost heart health, according to an article in the European journal Nutrition and Metabolism. "Studies have shown heart benefits from increased blood flow, less platelet stickiness and clotting, and improved bad cholesterol," says Mary B. Engler, Ph.D., a chocolate researcher and director of the Cardiovascular and Genomics Graduate Program at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing. These benefits are the result of cocoa's antioxidant chemicals known as flavonoids, which seem to prevent both cell damage and inflammation. For more presents, Rose, Click Here Merry Christmas

Thanks for the story. Today, chocolate, tomorrow the world! Will we take cocoa beans to space with us when we go?

Why Chocolate Makes Us Feel Good

...the 'love drug',,, the neurotransmitter enhancing anti-depressant,,, the psychoactive analgesic

A Sweet Gift - Chocolate Body Tattoos

... the aphrodisiac

Is Chocolate Good For You?

... be kind to your pets,,, finish that chocolate covered cheesecake so that Rover won't have to~

esin,

Not to bust your chops, but did you know that chocolate is poisonous to dogs? No kidding.

http://www.dogownersdigest.com/news/library/chocolate-dog-poisoning.shtml

Yes, thus, my last entry (to my last post), perhaps a bit to indirect. Though, for a 'real' dog(>60lbs.) you would need quite a bit of chocolate to, effectively, disbatch Rover;) ~regards

Dog Care : After Your Dog Eats Chocolate

Thanks for the links to the doggie stuff. You never know when the life you save may be some one's best friend.

Amaranth