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after another in supermarkets now proclaims the exact percentage of ca- cao in the bar and how good choco- late has been declared for our health. Norris, an artisan chocolate maker and culinary school instructor, melts away the hype and makes us feel even better about our cravings by taking a chapter to dive into the reasons why. “A 1-ounce piece of very dark choc-
olate consumed every day provides vitamins (particularly vitamins A, D and K), minerals (particularly mag- nesium, potassium and iron), a little protein and fl avanols. Dark chocolate has more fl avanols than any other type of food. Flavanols help keep blood fl owing to the heart, which prevents blood clots, and they also strengthen the lining of the blood vessels. “T ey provide antioxidant activity,
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which means they attract and neutral- ize free radicals ... Further, cocoa but- ter has stearic and oleic acids, which are considered the ‘good fats,’ essential to a healthy body,” writes Norris, who also notes that chocolate doesn’t offi - cially make it as a full-fl edged “health food” because of cocoa beans being half cocoa butter/half fat and often being combined with large amounts of waist-enlarging sugar. She suggests thinking of dark choc-
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olate as a vitamin, to be eaten in small doses daily and not to substitute with milk chocolate or candy bars – since “some studies show dairy products (often included in those products) inhibit the body’s ability to process chocolate’s most benefi cial vitamins and minerals compounds. Plus they have the fat and sugar problem.” T at cocoa butter, though, is good
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Chocolate Body Scrub and Chocolate Soap are equally as memorable as her delicious truffl e, cookie and cupcake recipes. Best of all, perhaps, is Norris’ novel
approach about cravings (surveys show chocolate at the top of most peoples’ lists). “Don’t even bother trying to sepa-
rate food and feelings,” she writes in the beginning of an illuminating es- say about how anthropologists have determined our desires have become inexorably linked with sweet, ulti- mately good-for-us foods, like berries and chocolate. Here’s even a massage oil that can be made from chocolate.
Melt Away Chocolate Massage
Oil 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 1/2 ounces dark chocolate, melt- ed
1 cup grapeseed oil
1 cup sweet almond oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Yields 2 1/2 cups massage oil.
In a small bowl, mix the cocoa
powder into the chocolate. Slowly pour in the grapeseed oil, then the sweet almond oil and then the vanilla extract. Once the mixture is com- bined, you can transfer it to a plastic squeeze bottle for easy application as massage oil or put it in a jar, label it as massage oil, and off er it as a gift to a massage-needy person. Note: “T is massage oil is very dark
brown and brings a light brown color to your skin that can easily transfer to towels or clothes – after all, you are slathered in chocolate,” writes Nor- ris. “Rinse off with warm wet cloths or a hot shower before you face the world.” For other skin and spa care treat-
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