{"id":2738,"date":"2014-03-26T18:32:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T22:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/?p=2738"},"modified":"2023-04-11T15:15:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T19:15:57","slug":"dark-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/dark-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Chocolate!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Dark-chocolate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Dark-chocolate-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"Dark-chocolate\" class=\"wp-image-2757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Dark-chocolate-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Dark-chocolate.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Like we needed a reason&#8230;A new study finally explains why Dark Chocolate is good for your Heath!!&nbsp;&nbsp; The study, released by Louisiana State University, tested cocoa powders in the digestive tract and found some microbes in the gut use the dark chocolate&nbsp;to improve heart health. &nbsp;&#8220;Good bacteria in the stomach feasts on the chocolate and then produce compounds that are anti-inflammatory cardiovascular tissues that&nbsp;absorb the compounds, improving your heart health.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study\u2019s lead researcher, John Finley, elaborates, saying, &#8220;When these compounds are absorbed by the body, they lessen the inflammation of cardiovascular tissue, reducing the long-term risk of stroke.&#8221;&nbsp; (Via <a href=\"http:\/\/consumer.healthday.com\/vitamins-and-nutrition-information-27\/food-and-nutrition-news-316\/scientists-think-they-ve-discovered-dark-chocolate-s-secrets-685793.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HealthDay<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So go ahead, reach for that extra piece of dark chocolate. But while you&#8217;re at it, add some fruit. &#8220;Scientists say combining dark chocolate with solid fruits like pomegranates and acai could provide even greater benefits.&#8221; Dark chocolate is also full of antioxidants and can help reduce blood pressure, ease depression and control blood sugar.&nbsp; Just make sure your dark chocolate is made up of 70 percent&nbsp;cocoa <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">or more<\/span><\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like we needed a reason&#8230;A new study finally explains why Dark Chocolate is good for your Heath!!&nbsp;&nbsp; The study, released by Louisiana State University, tested cocoa powders in the digestive tract and found some microbes in the gut use the dark chocolate&nbsp;to improve heart health. &nbsp;&#8220;Good bacteria in the stomach feasts on the chocolate and<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/dark-chocolate\/\" title=\"Read More\"> <span class=\"button \">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123458,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,44],"tags":[171,176,72],"class_list":["post-2738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet","category-fitness","tag-diet","tag-fitness","tag-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2738"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3093,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2738\/revisions\/3093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}