Please indicate which word is suitable for the corresponding gap by clicking the right box. Once again this is all about the benefits of chocolate!
Perhaps because it tastes so good, chocolate has had a bad reputation _____________ (1) recently. "Sinful" is by now a cliché on dessert menus. But _____________ (2) usually high in calories, chocolate is not all that wicked. It is a plant food, derived from the bean of Theobroma cacao, a South American tree. Like any other bean, it contains plant chemicals, including antioxidants.
As with many other foods, how much chocolate you eat determines the cost/benefit _____________ (3) . The chocolate we eat is _____________ (4) and has lots of calories and fat. An ounce of chocolate (dark, milk, or semisweet) has 140 to 150 calories and 8 to 10 grams of fat. If the chocolate covers nuts, or if cream or coconut is added, there’ll be a couple more grams of fat and about 20 more calories per ounce.
Chocolate contains _____________ (5) antioxidants called flavonoids, which may actually reduce the _____________ (6) effects of LDL ("bad") cholesterol. It may even lower blood _____________ (7) , according to one recent small study from Germany.
Some lab studies suggest that cocoa flavonoids may also reduce the _____________ (8) of cancer cells. An ounce of dark chocolate has about the same amount of flavonoids as half a cup of brewed black tea, _____________ (9) good source. But don’t look _____________ (10) chocolate as a proven way to prevent heart disease and cancer. If you simply add chocolate to your diet, you’re _____________ (11) to gain weight, which is bad for your heart.