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	Discovering the Sweet Mysteries of Chocolate URL: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/choco.html ODP description: Summary of available information about history, cravings, and effects on the nervous system. Links to references. Page title: Neuroscience for Kids - Chocolate
	Forbes.com: Chocolate Does A Man's Heart Good URL: http://www.forbes.com/2006/03/01/mens-health-chocolate-cx_sr_0302health_ls.html ODP description: Report on a study showing that chocolate may improve the cardiovascular health of men. Page title: Chocolate Does A Man's Heart Good - Forbes.com Page description: Eating a dark variety of chocolate seems to lower older men's risk of death, study finds.
	The Sweet Lure of Chocolate URL: http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/exploring_chocolate/index.html ODP description: Information about cacao, history, production, and health effects. Includes bibliography and links to related material. Provided by the Exporatorium, a science museum in San Francisco. Page title: Exploratorium Magazine: Chocolate
	Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs - Chocolate for Your Health URL: http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=11722 ODP description: A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that dark chocolate, rich in anti-oxidant compounds known as flavonoids, reduced blood pressure in people with hypertension. Page description: Advances in health and medicine.
	The Science of Chocolate URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/chocolate/ ODP description: Information about history, cravings, and affects on the brain. Page title: BBC - Science & Nature - Hot Topics - Chocolate Page description: Science for the sweet-toothed: why we love chocolate.
	International Journal of Medical Sciences: Flavanols in cocoa URL: http://www.medsci.org/press/cocoa.html ODP description: Report on studies providing clinical evidences that flavanol may enhance brain blood flow, improve cognitive health and offer other benefits. Page title: Flavanols in cocoa may offer benefits to the brain
	Earthtimes.org: Chocolate -- Godâ€™s Gift to Mankind? Maybe! URL: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/3849.html ODP description: Article outlines the health effects of flavanols contained in cocoa beans, and how the Mars chocolate company is trying to incorporate their benefits in a new brand of chocolate bars. Page title: Chocolate: Godâs gift to mankind? Maybe! Page description: WASHINGTON - A myriad of studies have done their best to convince people of the beneficial effects of consuming chocolates. Cocoa beans are known to possess a compound called flavanols. These compounds are known to keep the blood vessels healthy. However, not all chocolates contain these compounds in significant measures to promote health and therein lies the catch.
	Chocolate 'Fights' Tooth Decay URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/892591.stm ODP description: A study by researchers at Osaka University in Japan found that parts of the cocoa bean thwart mouth bacteria and tooth decay. Reported by BBC News. Page title: BBC News \| HEALTH \| Chocolate 'fights' tooth decay Page description: Elements of chocolate could be added to mouthwash and toothpaste to help to fight tooth decay, say scientists.