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Resources & References

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/a-third-of-chocolate-products-are-high-in-heavy-metals-a4844566398/
https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/j.efsa.2009.980
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jf060290o
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf801670p
https://ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S0002-9165(22)00275-1/fulltext

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0:00 – Intro
1:32 – Heavy Metals in Chocolate
3:39 – Why the % on the Label Is Meaningless
4:41 – Dutching – The Processing That Destroys Flavanols
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8:29 – 27% Drop in Cardiovascular Death
9:33 – Getting an Effective Flavanol Dose
11:20 – Chocolate & Insulin Resistance

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