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Chocolate isn't good for your waistline, but what about your heart? Alex tells us about the benefits of flavonols

With the Easter weekend over for another year and the family festivities drawing to a close, we can sit and contemplate one thing…just how much chocolate have I eaten the past few days?!

As one of the world’s best loved and most indulgent treats, we often regard chocolate as one of those “a little of what you like” foods. But are we just kidding ourselves? Is there any truth behind the phrase we…

Quercetin: the Great Anti-Oxidant

Quercetin is a flavonoid, a plant pigment, which is found in found in fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains.

Like other flavonoids, Quercetin is an antioxidant, scavenging damaging molecules in the body known as free radicals. It’s activity is numerous and includes indications in antiviral activity, treatment of allergy linked conditions like asthma and eczema, and cancer.

Of more interest to…