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.Here's an infographic to show you how our CacaoRx gets from tree to capsule and the steps we take to get the purest and most potent product available
We've all heard that chocolate is good for the heart, but what exactly is it that gives chocolate its heart health benefits. It's the cocoa! Learn more about the health benefits of cocoa.
In this blog Dr. Sears answers the top questions we get about cocoa, it's benefits, and if you should consider supplementation.