Intentional Chocolate has some great news about the benefits of dark chocolate during pregnancy! It turns out that eating five or more servings per week of dark chocolate has been found to be incredibly beneficial for pregnant women! This awesome news comes from Elizabeth Triche and her colleagues from Yale University. They studied 2291 pregnant women who gave birth between 1996 and 2000. They researched the connection between how much chocolate the pregnant women ate in their first and second trimesters and the levels of theobromine, a telltale component of chocolate in the umbilical cord blood of their babies. They found that those who ate the most chocolate were at a 70 percent less risk of experiencing preeclampsia. These findings were published in the journal, Epidemiology, and you can read the abstract of the article here.
Well! I wish someone had included me in a study of the benefits of dark chocolate during pregnancy, and I wish I had known about Intentional Chocolate before today!
Intentional Chocolate is a really cool company. They give back 50% of their profits to worthy causes. They have a secret ingredient they put in their chocolate...intention. They actually have experienced meditators, some of whom trained with the Dalai Lama, meditate over the chocolate to instill good intention in the chocolate. Intentional Chocolate even conducted a double blind study that showed that eating Intentional Chocolate elevates mood, energy, and overall sense of well being. And, their chocolates and gift baskets are beautiful and thoughtfully prepared.
So, stock up for yourself! Send a beautiful gift basket for Christmas, to improve the health and well being of someone who's expecting, or to anyone who could use a thought, a prayer, or a blessing in the form of chocolate!
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