Alright, Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers can't present you a piece of chocolate through the computer, but we are able to share some of its perks with you.

Chocolate and its principal ingredient, cocoa, have advantageous results for your heart, mind and body.

• Cocoa has roughly 4 times higher antioxidant capacity than green tea and twice that of red wine. (2) The anti-oxidant flavanols found in cocoa beans lowers cell damage in heart disease and help reduce blood pressure. (4,6)
• Moderate (not overly indulgent!) consumption of dark chocolate offers blood pressure reducing effects and anti-inflammatory activity. (3,6)
• The anti-oxidants and the bigger magnesium content in dark chocolate might help with constipation problems and even speed up bowel movements! (2,5) We chiropractors know that constipation when you have back pain isn't good!

These findings are why Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers can put up with the enjoyment of dark chocolate...in moderation, of course. Mood, memory, brain function, heart, immune system and stress reduction may all benefit as well. (2) Whose day isn't taken up a notch with a piece of chocolate?!