Eat Chocolate - Lower Your Cholesterol :shock:

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Eat Chocolate - Lower Your Cholesterol :shock:

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Hi All,

It's true, but not just any chocolate will work. According to this article, it must contain plant sterols:

http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/news ... -flavanols

If they keep working on it, someday chocolate may be the "healthiest" food on the market. LOL.

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Post by ErinD »

YUMMY! We got a sample from CocoaVia due to my husbands job and they are so good! the only problem is they are kind of on the expensive side. Maybe like you said they can figure a way to get that into everyday dark chocolates :smile:
Diagnosed with MC on 1/8/2008 after 7 months of flare. 2nd colonoscopy and new diagnosis of UC on 3/11/2008.
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