You may be surprised to know that those on chemo should eat chocolate. Chocolate, because of the butter, sugar, etc that is added to make candy, is often thought of something to stay away from. That is so untrue! We have heard a lot recently of the benefits of eating small amounts of dark chocolate on a regular basis. One thing we haven't heard much about is the positive effects for patients taking chemotherapy treatments. One of the great things about chocolate is that it is an anti-inflammatory, good for us for so many reasons. Chemically speaking, the human body literally sucks in the nutrients in chocolate. This is especially true for the flavonoids (the proanthcyanidins) which have chemo-protective effects. Eat dark chocolate, often mentioned on this blog, because it has 4 times the antioxidants found in tea - a well-known source of antioxidants.
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