Dark chocolate is a delicious way to lower your diabetes risk
Independent - 05-Dec-2024Five servings of dark chocolate a week found to cut risk of diabetes by 21%
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Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Five servings of dark chocolate a week found to cut risk of diabetes by 21%
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