Chocolate
-Iron
-Magnesium
-Potassium
Like you needed a list to tell you to eat chocolate! Luckily for you, chocolate (especially raw cocoa and dark chocolate) also has heart benefits. Harvard researchers found a solid benefit to eating raw cocoa regularly. Participants had lower blood pressure and symptoms of hypertension were absent. Dark chocolate is rich in flavanols, which is an antioxidant that does basically the same job that red wine does: keep blood vessels flexible, lower blood pressure, and stave off heart-related disease. Again though, this does not include most of the common candy bars that are packed with additives and white sugar, sorry!
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Macha
-L-Theanine
-Protein
-Caffeine
For the rare adult who can’t stand coffee, Macha has the equivalent caffeine content to a half cup of coffee! Since the leaves are ground instead of soaked in water, that means you get more of the antioxidants, vitamins, chromium, and more that are stored in the leaves. It’s a purer form of green tea and provides way more of a boost! A strong tea to keep your heart strong and the perfect ending to our list!
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