Chocolate has always been in the top 5 comfort food of most people.  It’s comforting to know that in these times of hardships, Mars is giving away free real chocolate to 250,000 people at realchocolate.com every Friday through September. We get to enjoy M&M’s, Snickers, Twix, 3 Musketeers, Milky Way and Dove for free!

Eating chocolate has plenty of benefits. It stimulates endorphin production that gives a feeling of pleasure. It also has serotonin that acts as an anti-depressant. Few studies have found that chocolate contains flavonoids, a type of polyphenol antioxidant. Antioxidants protect the body from aging caused by free radicals, which can cause damage that leads to heart disease. Flavonoids also help relax blood pressure through the production of nitric oxide, and balance certain hormones in the body.