Discovery Health came out with yet another great top ten lists. This one is all about foods that keep your heart healthy. Its a short list so you should definitely skim through it and guess what is at number two? My favorite...dark chocolate. It seems like there are articles popping up everywhere lately talking about the benefits of chocolate. So, when you are looking into selecting a healthy chocolate bar be sure to look for one that has gone through minimum processing. This is because the processing removes many of the important antioxidants from the chocolate. "According to the Cleveland Clinic, the flavonols (a type of flavonoid) in chocolate may positively affect our vascular health -- not to mention provide a tasty morsel."Of course, this is a top ten list and so many of my other favorites made it onto this list as well. Things such as alcohol, wine in particular. This is due in part to alcohol's ability to raise good cholesterol and decrease inflammation. Its starting to look as though two of my favorite indulgences may not be as bad for me as I once thought. :) 
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