Americans spent $1.7 billion on Valentine’s Day candies this year. And we bought 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate. This is also the time of year when you see lots …
My Brazilian Beach Beauty Secret from Rio
“So what did you learn from the supermodels?” That’s what the women at my office want to know when I come back from Brazil. I go there as often as …
Life Is Like a Box of Chocolates
If you ate chocolate on Valentine’s Day, I have some news for you. You don’t have to feel guilty.
In fact, I have evidence that you may have cut your risk from dying of a stroke nearly in half.
Two studies give us great news about chocolate.
The first study found that people who ate one serving of chocolate per week were 22% less likely to have a stroke.1
The second study found that people who ate 50 grams of chocolate once a week were 46% less likely to die following a stroke than those who didn’t eat chocolate.2
About 80% of strokes occur when there isn’t enough blood getting to the brain.3 Your brain is starved of oxygen and nutrients and begins to die immediately…
Chocolate Just Got Better…
Dear Reader, I just read something that made me reminisce about the cup of hot cocoa my mom made for me on cold winter days… The list of the humble …