--- title: Cocoa Polyphenol Blog Roundup description: If you are still trying to navigate what makes Zone Polyphenols stand out from the rest here are few blogs we've put together that can help explain what you need to know. image: https://blog.zoneliving.com/hubfs/051721---Poly-Round-Up-blog--.png --- ##### Shop By Category - [ Best Seller ](https://zoneliving.myshopify.com/collections/best-sellers) - [ Omega-3s ](https://zoneliving.myshopify.com/collections/omega-3-fish-oil) - [ Polyphenols ](https://zoneliving.myshopify.com/collections/polyphenols) - [ Zone Foods ](https://zoneliving.myshopify.com/collections/zone-foods) - [ Blood Tests ](https://zoneliving.myshopify.com/collections/blood-tests) - [ Supplements ](https://zoneliving.myshopify.com/collections/supplements) - [ Books ](https://zoneliving.myshopify.com/collections/books) - [ Skin Care ](https://zoneliving.com/collections/skin-care-1) - [ Metabolic Engineering ](https://zoneliving.com/collections/metabolic-engineering) - Best Seller [ Shop All ](https://zoneliving.myshopify.com/collections/all) ##### Shop By Zone Food - [ Zone Muffins ](https://zoneliving.com/collections/zone-muffins) - [ Zone Pasta ](https://zoneliving.myshopify.com/collections/zone-pasta) - [ Zone Shakes ](https://zoneliving.myshopify.com/collections/zone-shakes) - [ Zone Bars ](https://zoneliving.myshopify.com/collections/zone-nutrition-bars) - [ Olive Oil ](https://zoneliving.myshopify.com/collections/olive-oil) [ Shop All ](https://zoneliving.myshopify.com/collections/all) [![easy-to-make](https://blog.zoneliving.com/hubfs/Global_2023/easy-to-make.webp) ](https://zoneliving.myshopify.com/blogs/recipes) Easy-to-make recipes just for you. 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D | Creator of the Zone Diet # [Cocoa Polyphenol Blog Roundup](https://blog.zoneliving.com/lifestyletips/cocoa-poly-blogs) - ** - [**](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.zoneliving.com%2Flifestyletips%2Fcocoa-poly-blogs) - [**](https://www.twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.zoneliving.com%2Flifestyletips%2Fcocoa-poly-blogs) - [**](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.zoneliving.com/lifestyletips/cocoa-poly-blogs) - [**](https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.zoneliving.com%2Flifestyletips%2Fcocoa-poly-blogs) Written by Mary Perry, MS, RD, LDN on May 19, 2021 Chocolate ranks pretty high on people's sweet list and the fact that it carries some health benefits is icing on the cake. Yet before you go reaching for more sweets it's important to know that the health benefits of chocolate come from the cocoa it contains. As manufacturers add more ingredients like milk and sugar to make chocolate more appealing the health benefits go down. This is because the percentage of cocoa in the final product goes down. So how do you boost your intake of cocoa without the unhealthy sides of sugar and saturated fat? Here we've put together some blogs that breakdown what to know about chocolate, cocoa, and how Zone Labs uses cocoa extracts to create products that are not only are good for you, but loaded in polyphenols too. --- Not all chocolate is created equal. Here we breakdown the different types of chocolate and the health benefits (if any) they contain. 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