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Can You Just Eat Chocolate To Get the Health Benefits?

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28 Sep

Hi! How are you? I’m great because we’re talking about cocoa again today!  And I’m feeling great because I’m sipping iced coffee right now… my favorite.

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I’ve been working with CocoaVia® cocoa extract supplement for a while now. I made a fancy iced coffee with the Unsweetened Dark Chocolate powdered stick pack to start my day. It’s just iced coffee, the packet and some almond milk – I  shake it up in a cup so it’s a little foamy and completely mixed. So good.

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I got super excited the other day when I was listening to podcasts and came across this short story on how cocoa flavanols – the unique bioactives (or phytonutrients)  in cocoa –  can support health. But the takeaway that some people are making from the studies is that just eating dark chocolate offers similar health benefits.

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Unfortunately, most chocolates don’t label their amount of flavonols. And really the majority do not contain a reliable or guaranteed amount of cocoa flavanols.  So while chocolate is a great/yummy/special treat, it really isn’t your “go to” source of cocoa flavanols. This is where CocoaVia® comes in.

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CocoaVia® daily cocoa extract supplement delivers 375 mg of cocoa flavanols in every serving – the highest amount in any cocoa extract supplement in the market today.  When consumed daily, numerous scientific studies have demonstrated that the cocoa flavanols in CocoaVia® supplement promote healthy blood flow from head to toe†, which is critical to your overall health.

Visit www.CocoaVia.com for more information.

Winner of the CocoaVia Giveaway: Jodie S who said “I usually have chocolate bits in my mid morning trail mix snack around 11am, sometimes in my energy ball right before a run!!” – Jodie please email me your info!!

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In other running and eating news…

I sported a pair of colorful ProCompression socks for my run this morning! They really have the most fun socks out there. No contest.

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The cool mornings have been perfect for running too!

Is it slowly becoming Fall where you live??

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Have you seen Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers popping up around you? They seem to be all over the place in Orange County now!

Their menu is super limited – just chicken fingers and sides. Ben is obsessed with this place so I grabbed some for him tonight as a treat since he was out of town and just got back.

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Question: Do you switch between iced coffee and hot coffee depending on the season?

Disclosure: I was asked to participate in the CocoaVia® “Live Your Life with Heart” campaign. I was compensated for my time.

†This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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    1. Kaitlin says

      2016-09-28 at 7:34 pm

      I will drink iced coffee when there’s two feet of snow on the ground or when there is 90% humidity. Especially if the coffee comes from Mary Lou’s

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      • Run Eat Repeat says

        2016-09-29 at 11:43 am

        No contest. Mary Lou’s is the best iced coffee ever!

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    2. Hillary says

      2016-09-28 at 2:29 pm

      Is Ben living in California full-time now?

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