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The Truth about Processed Milk Chocolate

Posted on December 23rd, 2011 by author  |  No Comments »

Whether it contains 100 percent cocoa butter or vegetable oil substitutes, processed milk chocolate is not as a healthful as you are led to believe. Aside from having great amounts of sugar, processed milk chocolate is found to contain a dangerous chemical. A study published in Environmental Health Perspectives found that processed chocolate may be [...]

 
 

How to Choose a Healthy Chocolate Bar

Posted on January 20th, 2010 by admin  |  3 Comments »

Chocolate is one of the most loved and at the same time, most vilified foods. All chocolate products start off as something natural because they come from cocoa beans, the fermented ground seeds from the fruit of the theobroma cacao tree. For thousands of years, indigenous people like the Mayans used raw cacao to prepare [...]