Cancer-Fighting Foods - Chocolate

Who would've thought! Chocolate is extremely healthy, provided that the cocoa-to-candy ratio remains high. Reach for a dark chocolate bar with at least 70-percent cocoa (often spelled cacao), preferably more. The closer it is to its bitter bean state, the better.

Once again, we see those antioxidants and therapeutic polyphenols at work particularly, a class of chemicals in cocoa called catechins, also found in tea, that seem to offer protection against heart disease, stroke and cancer, according to studies of South Americans who consume the cocoa bean generously.