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Posted onNovember 22, 2011 - 7:50 am by Admin | 0 Comments

Americans consume on average just under 12 pounds of chocolate per person per year. Valentine's Day week generates more one-week candy sales than any other, with chocolate being the poster candy for all of the Valentine’s Day treats. Retail sales top more than $323 million worth of chocolate candy during the week of Valentine's Day, according to The Nielsen Company. Chocolate has the reputation of being healthy. However, this is only partly true. Some types of chocolate are truly good for the heart in more ways than one, while others are far from being health food.

There has been a lot of positive press in recent years about the health benefits to chocolate, but the catch is to know the difference between healthy chocolate and the chocolate that is essentially just candy. Chocolate, called by its scientific name, is "theobroma cacao." This can be literally translated to mean "food of the gods." Cocoa, also referred to as cacao (ka-cow) is made from seeds of the cacao tree flower. The cacao beans are known to be a super food because of the impressive health benefits in its least processed state.


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