chocolate

How many times over the past several years have we read about food that were supposed to be good for us actually being bad for us? Well, this ought to even up the score a bit. Here are 5 foods that everyone thought were bad for us that are actually good for us.

People love candy: The average American spends $84 on and consumes about 23.9 pounds of the sweet stuff each year. With all that money and attention, you'd think it would be hard for a candy product to fail. Not true. Many candy products come and go without much notice. Here are 10 variations of popular candies that many people don't realize ever existed.

Call it the great chocolate caper...

For years now, chocolate-lovers around the globe have been attempting to justify their addiction with the dubious claim that chocolate is actually healthy. Well, it’s time to eat your hearts out because the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has backed Barry Callebaut’s claim that cocoa flavanols, found in dark chocolate, are indeed good for blood circulation!

New research found that eating chocolate may help you stay thin.  It sounds backwards, but in a study, people who ate more chocolate had lower BMIs than people who ate it less often.

With so many food being added to the "bad" list, it's nice to see something so good on the "good" list! Especially when that "food" (One of the major food groups if you ask me) is good in just about any setting. Next time you feel the sweet dark monster calling you..give in...just see what the latest research says about you and chocolate!