Studies show that dark chocolate is good for high blood pressure. They also show that it contains potent antioxidants. Women already have enough reason to love chocolate so what could be better? Now Dr. Triche has done research at Yale that has found the benefits of dark chocolate for pregnancy.
Preeclampsia causes swelling, sudden weight gain, headaches and vision problems. The condition is also harmful to the unborn child. Now they have found that women that regularly eat dark chocolate during pregnancy are 69 percent less likely to develop Preeclampsia. So I say eat up!
You have to right? It is for the baby! You are eating dark chocolate for two right?
When I think of all of the things I make and buy over the holidays chocolate comes to mind. The holidays are the time when I purchase more chocolate. I get some for gifts and some for entertaining. Who would not want to receive chocolate?
All this time that I was giving away chocolate who knew that I was giving the gift of good health? LOL
Okay time to go look at the Intentional Chocolate website and drool. Oh yeah, I will not drool. I will look into some dark chocolate for health reasons!
Hey may I quote some of the information here in this blog if I reference you with a link back to your site?
This rocks! I love chocolate and just found out that I am having my third!
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