IS CHOCOLATE GOOD FOR YOU?
Chocolate is undoubtedly the nation's favourite dietary vice but lots of research over the years has found that it could actually be good for us. Researchers at Harvard University studied 8,000 men aged over 65 and found that those who ate modest amounts of chocolate lived almost a year longer than those who ate none. The results showed that smell receptors in the nasal passages reacted so strongly to the chemical mix in chocolate that it left people on an emotional high. A 100g bar of dark chocolate gives you 2.4mg of iron and 90mg of magnesium, around one third of the recommended daily amounts. And there is known to be a substance in all chocolate called phenylethamine, which is produced naturally by the brain and thought to increase levels of the mood-enhancing chemicals, serotonin and endorphins.
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