You can’t think of Valentine’s Day without talking about chocolate.

And I love talking about the benefits of chocolate.
Chocolate has lots of natural health-enhancing ingredients — like those other favorites, coffee and red wine.

Chocolate has caffeine, phenylethylamines, endorphins, catchins, phenols and anandamide.
Say what? You probably don’t know of these chemicals, but for certain you experience their effects every day.

Caffeine increases wakefulness and some intellectual activity. A chocolate bar has 6g or one-twentieth the amount of caffeine as does a cup of coffee.
As for phenylethylamine — these are natural chemicals released by the brain when you fall in love. That explains Valentine’s Day chocolate gifts.
Endorphins are chemicals that reduce pain and…

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