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    Question i'm curious why the dark chocolate is better than the normal chocolate??:

    just out of curiosity, i hear that "dark chocolate" is better. i tried to find out why? but couldn't actually find a straight answer.

    i'm curious why the dark chocolate is better than the normal chocolate??



    the popular answer is : it is good , and better than the normal.... but why ?

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    dark chocolate is bitter; I don't like it. milk chocolate is the cat's pajamas.

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    I hate dark chocolate with a passion. Normal/milk chocolate is so much better.

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    not for taste but for health?

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    Here is a link to an article on WebMD - Hope it helps.

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    Darkchocolate has antoixodant (sp?) traits

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    I eat a couple pieces of dark chocolate everyday. Dove to be exact. Good shit and high in antioxidants and flavanoids.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smak
    I eat a couple pieces of dark chocolate everyday. Dove to be exact. Good shit and high in antioxidants and flavanoids.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kloter1
    I was thinking the same thing.
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    i love dark chocolate...not so damned sweet. American deserts are entirely too sweet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zimmy
    i love dark chocolate...not so damned sweet. American deserts are entirely too sweet.
    i don't find them sweet enough.. but then again i eat tubs of icing

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    Quote Originally Posted by zimmy
    i love dark chocolate...
    Why thank you.
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    You have to "acquire" the taste or develop it for dark chocolate. Actually pure chocolate is quite expensive.
    Now chocolate truffles.....

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    lol pure chocolate taste like sh*t totally unsweetened :P There is a drink hispanics make with bitter chocolate that is manually sweetened.

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    FROM BBC NEWS:

    Researchers in Scotland and Italy say dark chocolate has much better anti-oxidant properties.

    This means that it can protect the heart and arteries from oxidative damage, similar to the rust that develops on metal over time.

    Writing in the journal Nature, they said adding milk to chocolate may cancel out these health benefits.

    Health benefits

    Previous studies have suggested that chocolate may help to protect against heart disease and even cancer.

    While some of these have distinguished between dark and milk chocolate, many have not.

    In this latest study, researchers from the University of Glasgow and Italy's National Institute for Food and Nutrition Research carried out tests using both varieties.

    They recruited 12 healthy volunteers, seven woman and five men, who were asked to eat dark and milk chocolate.

    They found that volunteers had to consume twice as much milk chocolate as dark chocolate to obtain the same amount of antioxidants.

    To take account of this, the participants, aged 25 and 35, were offered a double helping of milk chocolate.

    The researchers also looked at what happened when the volunteers ate dark chocolate and drank milk at the same time.

    Dark chocolate was found to boost blood antioxidant levels by nearly 20%.

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    i def dont think its taste better, but it is more healthy for you than milk chocolate..

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    thanks a lot for your inputs, I eat it with almonds so that makes it palatable .

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