With the blockbuster cholesterol-lowering class of drugs known as statins being widely promoted for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, despite their having over 300 documented adverse health effects (including heart failure!), how does chocolate sound as a viable, heart-friendly alternative?

When the wintry flu season strikes do you crave a comforting cup of hot cocoa? It could be your body's innate wisdom at work. 

Nature works in mysterious ways.  Just when cold, dry weather chills us to the bone and flu season is in full bloom, we crave a comforting cup of hot cocoa.  As it turns out, that chocolate craving may be our body's innate wisdom at work. 

Did you stop drinking chocolate milk sometime around middle school?  Well, researchers just gave grownups a reason to indulge in this childhood treat.  It turns out that chocolate milk (relative to plain milk) is heart healthy. 

Spanish researchers compared the effects of plain milk and chocolate milk in a randomized, controlled, cross-over, free-living study.  The subjects included 24 healthy people and 20 people with moderately high cholesterol.