Healthier Valentine’s Day Choices Offered by Adora Calcium
Tips to making healthier decisions.
Meriden, CT (PRWEB) February 1, 2007
Valentine’s Day, with all its beautifully wrapped heart-shaped boxes of chocolates and treats, falls right in the middle of American Heart Month. Is this irony or a well executed reminder by the American Heart Association? Heart disease, the leading cause of death in the US, is certainly no laughing matter. Healthy eating is one of the best ways to reduce the risk of heart disease or stroke, so here are three tips from Adora Calcium (www. adoracalcium. com) to make healthier decisions this Valentine’s Day:
Shop Smart – Don’t let the emotion of the “Valentine’s aisle” persuade you to buy impulsively. Treating your loved one to chocolate is a great idea, but plan ahead and buy smart. There are numerous health-conscious choices available, so decide ahead of time what you want to avoid last second decisions you may regret. Also, by shopping at the last minute you will limit your choices to what’s left over. Smart shoppers will shop early enough to make the right healthy choice for their loved ones.
Put Your Heart Into It - Create a customized gift for your loved one. Add a personal touch by creating a hand-made box or create a themed gift basket filled with heart-healthy chocolates, dried fruits and nuts, CDs of their favorite group and a bottle of red wine. Develop an “All-Organic” gift basket. Whole Foods and Wild Oats stores are fabulous places to find all-natural, organic and dark chocolates. If you like shopping online, try TheHealthyBasket. com.
Good Chocolate Choices – Valentine’s Day means “chocolate”. Here are some guidelines for selecting healthier chocolates:
The Dark Side – The darker the chocolate, the higher the amount of heart-friendly antioxidant compounds known as flavonoids. In a 2005 release, Dr. Melvyn Rubenfire, MD, Director of Preventive Cardiology at the University of Michigan, claimed “Chocolate has good antioxidants that are cardiac - or vascular-protective”. (1)
All-Natural Ingredients – Who wants to give hydrogenated oils, artificial flavors and trans-fats to their loved ones? For fresher quality chocolate, avoid preservatives, selecting only chocolates made with all-natural ingredients that you can pronounce, like “chocolate, cocoa butter, sugar and vanilla”.
Healthful Chocolates – Look for chocolates with added benefits such as Cocoa-Via™, the product line created by Mars and Adora Calcium™, a premium all-natural chocolate-based product containing half of the RDA of calcium in each piece. Adora is made by a 128 year old chocolatier and has a Valentine’s Special available online at adoraCalcium. com
By shopping for healthier alternatives this Valentine’s Day, you can show your loved one how much you really care.
(1) - http://www. med. umich. edu/opm/newspage/2005/hmvalday. htm (http://www. med. umich. edu/opm/newspage/2005/hmvalday. htm)
Cocoa-Via™ is a registered trademark of Mars Nutrition for Health & Well-Being, a division of Mars, Incorporated.
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