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Really?: The Claim: Cocoa Butter Can Remove Stretch Marks

Sep. 15, 2009
Can cocoa butter help reduce the marks caused be pregnancy and weight gain?
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Resveratrol found in cocoa, dark chocolate

HERSHEY, Pa., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Resveratrol, a compound in red wine and grape juice, is also found in dark chocolate and cocoa, U.S. researchers say.

Cocoa powder high in anti-oxidants

NORTON, Mass., Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Cocoa powder -- "Dutched" or "processed with alkali" on the ingredients label -- are among the foods highest in anti-oxidants, U.S. researchers said.

Cocoa butter-less chocolate irks buyers

NEW YORK, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Some chocolate-lovers in the United States are complaining about the substitution of cheaper vegetable oils for cocoa butter in candy.

Process makes cocoa even more beneficial

MURCIA, Spain, May 7 (UPI) -- Spanish scientists are reporting a new process to make cocoa powder with higher amounts of flavonoids -- the healthful chemical in cocoa.

Chocolate lovers fight proposed FDA change

WASHINGTON, April 27 (UPI) -- Chocolate lovers are fighting a proposed change to U.S. chocolate standards that would allow other fats to replace cocoa butter.

Brain, cardiovascular benefits from cocoa

HACKETTSTOWN, N.J., July 26 (UPI) -- A team of U.S. and German researchers finds that flavanol-rich cocoa has circulatory health benefits including brain and cardiovascular blood-flow improvement.

Flavanol-rich cocoa may be good for skin

DUFFELDORF, Germany, May 23 (UPI) -- Cocoa butter has long been used topically as a skin cream, but eating flavanol-rich cocoa may also benefit skin, say U.S. and German researchers.

Cocoa found to improve blood flow

HACKETTSTOWN, N.J., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Researchers have identified a compound in cocoa that is responsible for improving blood flow.

Report: Belgian chocolate not guaranteed

BRUSSELS, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A watchdog group says Belgian chocolate makers should do more to guarantee their cocoa beans are not picked by child workers or slave laborers.

Europe's chocolate law sours the French

PARIS, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- There are tears in France again, but this time it has nothing to do with war, rather with the way politics have undermined a national passion -- chocolate.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler