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Vegans can enjoy the best chocolate

What is Vegan Chocolate and Who Makes the Best Bars

n this article, we’ll take a closer look at the vegan chocolate market and answer these questions: Are all dark chocolates vegan? Is there a milk chocolate vegan equivalent? Who makes the best vegan chocolate in your market and where you can buy their products? Since veganism is associated with ethical practices, we’ll also pay close attention to consumers of vegan chocolate: what do they want? And what else you should look for when choosing vegan chocolate.

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CAFFEINE

NO LINK BETWEEN CAFFEINE AND HEARTBEAT PROBLEM

Contrary to current clinical belief, regular caffeine consumption does not lead to extra heartbeats, which, while common, can lead in rare cases to heart- or stroke-related morbidity and mortality, according to UC San Francisco (UCSF) researchers. The study, which measured the chronic consumption of caffeinated products over a 12-month period, rather than acute consumption, appeared

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FATTY LIVER DISEASE

NCA ISSUES STATEMENT ON DIETARY GUIDELINES

The National Coffee Association (NCA) in the US has issued a statement about new dietary guidelines for Americans, which include coffee for the first time but fail to mention its potential health benefits. The 2015 US Dietary Guidelines for Americans mention coffee for the first time, acknowledging that moderate coffee consumption ‘can be incorporated into

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EFSA

EFSA PROVIDES ESTIMATES OF SAFE CAFFEINE INTAKE

Late May 2015 saw the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) publish its much anticipated scientific opinion on the safety of caffeine, in which it estimates acute and daily intakes that raise no safety concerns for the general healthy population. EFSA’s scientific opinion of caffeine was broadly welcomed by the coffee industry, but unfortunately led to

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