Chocolate To Help You Feel Better When A Cold Hits-My Dream Come True

For those of you who read my blog on a regular basis you know that I have an obsession and deep love for chocolate!! It is only with an extreme amount of willpower (that fails more often than not) that I do not eat it morning, noon and night. Well, I have had my dreams come true! One of my all time favorite bloggers, Liza at Moms....... Check nyo wrote the one of the best posts that I have ever read!!! Thank you, Thank you Liza for making this a great winter! I am posting it here so that all you chocoholics like me can rejoice and do your best chocolate dance.

Choco for Sniffles

by Liza at Moms....check nyo

This post is lovingly dedicated to Heidi, the author of Health Nut Wannabee Mom. She loves chocolate as much as I do and I'm sure she's going to love this yummy way of treating a cold.

With the cold months coming, here's a sweet way of relieving nasal congestion: A cup of delicious, decadent hot chocolate spiced with cayenne pepper. Now, who wouldn't love that? That's a great way to treat a cold!

Studies show that the capsaicin in cayenne has powerful antibacterial properties that can relieve nasal congestion, while the theobromine found in chocolate proves to be an effective cough treatment. Cayenne, by the way are made from ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum.

If you feel a cold coming on, melt a few ounces of chocolate [ the dark ones are better] in a cup of fat-free/low-fat milk, sprinkle with cayenne pepper. Then snuggle up with a good book or put on a good movie and sip away the sniffles.

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