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Surprisingly Healthy Foods

  Rethinking what's good and bad for you. WHEN YOU ENVISION foods that might wreck your diet or sabotage your health, what pops into your mind? Chances are the list includes options that could actually help you reduce stress, prevent heart disease and ward off certain cancers. Unfortunately, though, once a food gets labelled as bad for health, it never seems to lose that description, despite numerous studies that may contradict previous claims. What if you could enjoy some of your old favourites again (in sensible amounts, of course)? Here are 6 foods to consider: Chocolate Old thinking : It's so good, it has to be bad. Dark Chocolate (with a cocoa content of at least 70%) is loaded with flavonoids, the same beneficial compounds found in berries, red wine and tea. An ounce of chocolate a day has been shown to reduce risks for hear disease, and an ounce and a half daily may help reduce emotional stress. Coffee Old thinking : Coffee will haem your growth and bone density. ...