Re: Health Benefits of Chocolate - Free Radical Scavenging-OK!

[James Myers <JHM@nrc.gov>]

Stewart,

This is exceedingly good news.   After yesterday's health notice that high fiber diets do not prevent cancer I was bummed out (sorry for the pun!).   I mean totally purged.   Well,  we won't go there.  The scientific literature  has extolled  the  many benefits of chocolate and this just clinches it.   Chocolate is the perfect food.   Given this astounding  new finding I move that chocolate should be made a "food group"  replacing  "grains" or "vegetables"  (maybe both)  on the food pyramid.   

Thanks for bringing us this great news!!!!    I'm heading for the vending machine now....



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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