Dark Chocolate Reduces Stress and Inflammation, Boosts Memory

Look carefully at the wording on the package when buying this delectable treat. Make this mistake and you could end up with a health bomb.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• When it comes to chocolate, its cacao content — which is bitter, not sweet — the amount of sugar added, and the processing chocolate undergoes, makes a huge difference in terms of whether it has any health benefits

• Raw cacao gets its bitter taste from the polyphenols present, and these plant compounds are also responsible for most of the…