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Chocolate: The Best Choice for Your Choppers

February 13, 2014 By Kim Elmore

Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and boxes of chocolate are flying off the shelves! While the “sweets for the sweet” custom is engrained in Valentine’s Day tradition, it wasn’t until the mid-1800s that chocolate was placed in heart-shaped boxes and delivered on Valentine’s Day.

Today, love-struck men and women spend nearly $1 billion in chocolate products every Feb. 14th.

What you may not expect is that dentists are thrilled that chocolate – and not caramel – is the main choice on V-Day! Since moderation of any indulgence is key to maintaining a healthy mouth, it is also important to remember that all chocolate contains sugar, which leads to cavities. But if we must have candy tomorrow – and we must! – chocolate is the dentist’s choice.

Benefits of chocolate:

• It melts quickly and sits on the surface of teeth a shorter amount of time than sticky candy
• It has been tied to decreasing stroke
• Chocolate boosts heart health
• It MAY fight diabetes
• Chocolate offers some protection from UV damage from the sun
• It can improve your vision because it helps blood flow
• It makes you smarter

Now, I don’t know about you, but that’s more than enough reasons to dive into that heart-shaped goodness! But remember, moderation is key and rinse your mouth with water after you’re done.

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