{"id":8,"date":"2014-08-22T12:11:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T12:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onpleasurefulpastry.com\/?p=3"},"modified":"2014-08-22T12:11:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T12:11:01","slug":"the-top-7-reasons-not-to-eat-dark-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onpleasurefulpastry.com\/index.php\/2014\/08\/22\/the-top-7-reasons-not-to-eat-dark-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 7 Reasons Not to Eat Dark Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_37\" style=\"width: 122px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onpleasurefulpastry.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/depositphotos_4765879_s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-37\" src=\"http:\/\/onpleasurefulpastry.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/depositphotos_4765879_s.jpg?w=112\" alt=\"Chocolate  Commentary\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onpleasurefulpastry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/depositphotos_4765879_s.jpg 612w, https:\/\/onpleasurefulpastry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/depositphotos_4765879_s-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chocolate<br \/>Commentary<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Top 7 reasons <strong>not<\/strong> to eat dark chocolate:<\/p>\n<p>1. The risk of a possible cacao overdose.<\/p>\n<p>2. You don&#8217;t give any credibility to that study that says eating dark chocolate daily reduces heart disease by 1\/3.<\/p>\n<p>3. You&#8217;re really afraid of what better health might feel like.<\/p>\n<p>4. You&#8217;re convinced high blood pressure is a <em>good<\/em> thing.<\/p>\n<p>5. You&#8217;re sure narrow arteries improve your focus and you don&#8217;t want better blood flow to dilute it.<\/p>\n<p>6. Spiking insulin is a ride you like.<\/p>\n<p>7. You already have an excess of theta brain waves and are totally, <em>totally<\/em> relaxed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top 7 reasons not to eat dark chocolate: 1. The risk of a possible cacao overdose. 2. You don&#8217;t give any credibility to that study that says eating dark chocolate daily reduces heart disease by 1\/3. 3. You&#8217;re really afraid of what better health might feel like. 4. 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