Chocolate
When you heard dark chocolate may actually have some health benefits, you probably rejoiced. That doesn’t mean you should head to the grocery store and buy candy bars in bulk, though. Antioxidants or not, chocolate is still high in sugar and pretty calorically dense if you’re not going for the really bitter stuff. Just 1/3 of a cup of milk chocolate has about 300 calories.
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