Author: TerraCurve
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This holiday season, the Hotel Indigo Chicago-Vernon Hills is launching its ‘Martini Tuesdays’ and Organic ‘Snap Apple Ecotini’ at its PHI Bar & Bistro, while promoting its ‘Toys for Tots’ program with the Vernon Hills P.D. and U.S. Marine Corps.

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Author: Green Talk
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What is the 8^th wonder of the world?  Chocolate, no doubt.  At the 11th annual New York Chocolate Show, I was a pig in mud being around hundreds of some of best chocolate makers, all in the same room, giving out free samples of the best chocolate I ever tasted.

My husband has always wanted to go to this show thinking it would be fun for the kids to sample a variety of chocolate. Like father like son, they love chocolate.  Who doesn’t?

Benefits of Chocolate

According to an article by the University of Michigan Integrated Medicine, there are health benefits associated with eating dark chocolate. Some of the benefits are as follows:

• Contains flavonoids called procyanidins & epicatechins; flavonoids are part of a group of antioxidants known as polyphenols and are found in a variety of foods including tea, red wine, and various fruits and vegetables
• Decreases LDL (bad) cholesterol oxidation
• Reduces the risk of blood clots
• Increases blood flow in arteries
• May…

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