Calling all chocoholics!

CHOCOLATE!!!
Who else is excited it’s chocolate season?
Easter is a Christian holiday celebrated on the first full moon of spring based on pagan rituals. The egg is a symbol of new life, the beginning. Traditionally no eggs were eaten the week before Easter. Instead they were saved up and decorated and then given to family on Easter Sunday. In Europe during the early 19th century the first chocolate egg was made.
This traditional chocolate was hard and bitter and probably a lot better for you than the dairy and sugar laden chocolate we eat today. Chocolate has so many amazing health benefits being high in polyphenols which exert antioxidant and anti inflammatory actions in the body. It also contains tryptophan which is a precursor to serotonin, the happy hormone.
So which chocolate to choose this Easter? The darker the better! The more cocoa, the more health benefits. But also please be aware of where your chocolate comes from. Most companies have pledged to have their chocolate ethically sourced by 2020, meaning there are still some companies using child labour to harvest their cocoa beans. Most health food shops will sell ethically sourced, organically grown chocolate which is high in quality and lower in added sugar.
This Easter if you are a chocolate lover like me, enjoy good quality ethically sourced dark chocolate and know you are getting some amazing health benefits xx

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