{"id":2977,"date":"2015-05-27T19:05:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T19:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fashforums.com\/blog\/?p=2977"},"modified":"2015-12-12T04:04:01","modified_gmt":"2015-12-12T04:04:01","slug":"melt-belly-bulge-by-eating-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fashforums.com\/blog\/melt-belly-bulge-by-eating-chocolate.html","title":{"rendered":"Melt Belly Bulge By Eating Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fashforums.com\/blog\/melt-belly-bulge-by-eating-chocolate.html\/melt-belly-bulge-by-eating-chocolate\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2978\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2978\" src=\"http:\/\/fashforums.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Melt-Belly-Bulge-By-Eating-Chocolate.jpg\" alt=\"Melt Belly Bulge By Eating Chocolate\" width=\"600\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fashforums.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Melt-Belly-Bulge-By-Eating-Chocolate.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fashforums.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Melt-Belly-Bulge-By-Eating-Chocolate-400x319.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fashforums.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Melt-Belly-Bulge-By-Eating-Chocolate-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now this is the kind of food news we&#8217;re really sweet on: A new study found that eating chocolate is associated with lower levels of abdominal fat. This held true even when researchers considered other factors that could have influenced study participants\u2019 fat levels and location, such as how often they worked out and how healthy their diets were overall.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers writing in the journal <em>Nutrition<\/em> studied 1,458 adolescents up to age 17. Participants reported what they ate during two nonconsecutive days, and afterward, their weight, height, BMI, waist circumference, and skin fat levels were measured. The conclusion: Higher chocolate consumption was linked to lower levels of belly bulge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/weight-loss\/dark-chocolate-benefits\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now this is the kind of food news we&#8217;re really sweet on: A new study found that eating chocolate is associated with lower levels of abdominal fat. 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