Dark Chocolate - good for you.

but not the sugar filled stuff.

You’d think a heart surgeon would hand out cigarettes to increase his surgical workload!..Actually I teased a friend of mine who was a US Congressman in the past about handing out cigarettes at a political meeting. He always teases me about that- and of course I never did... On the sad side, the original Marlboro man, tough old cowboy looking guy I believe died of his lung cancer at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, where I trained in the 1970’s… San Antonio’s Lackland AFB. So as I read about Houston discussing outlawing vapes.. I am torn between the freedom to be a dumb ass and do something stupid like smoke vs the apparent cradle to grave attempt of government to be in control.

Simply, I figure if you are old enough to get drafted into the military and die for your country, you should be legally old enough to 1. vote 2. smoke 3. drink… Realizing all three of those can severely have an impact on your life.

Now for the good news. Dr Mercola made my day. or at least my wife’s day. She is a chocoholic. and only dark please. Come to find out chocolate has been around since the paleo indigenous tribes of South America ground it into powder and made a drink. Ditto with coffee. Both have positive effects on the heart and help with preventing heart disease and high blood pressure. As I worry people about the silly covid shot, be aware there are some good things happening in medicine and the rediscovery of some really old “good things”. That chocolate is the dark stuff. The old fashioned Hershey’s bar.. full of sugar.. not so much.

Here is Dr Mercola’s piece, only good for about 32 more hours….

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2022/03/30/cocoa-flavanols-and-cardiovascular-health.aspx?cid_medium=etaf&cid=share