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Chocolate

Summary:   Chocolate has always found its way through people's hearts. Nicknamed the "food of the gods", chocolate originated in Mexico, starting first with the Mayans. Used not only as a drink, it was also used in many medicinal purposes, such as relieving fatigue, treating burns, bowel dysfunction, cuts and skin irritations.


Chocolate

Chocolate has always found its way through people's hearts. Nicknamed the "food of the gods", chocolate originated in Mexico, starting first with the Mayans. Used not only as a drink, it was also used in many medicinal purposes, such as relieving fatigue, treating burns, bowel dysfunction, cuts and skin irritations. When Herman Cortes came and took some back to Spain, it was then that chocolate started to become popular. Nowadays, Americans eat as much as nine pounds of chocolate each person, every year. Despite this heartfelt story, chocolate has always had a bad label. Whether it's because it produces acne or makes you fat, chocolate is one of the many foods that are often avoided. But one of the things that people do not know, is that chocolate is actually good for you! Although chocolate.....

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