A Chocolate a Day Keeps the Doctor Away?!?

Maybe even two chocolates.

That’s the latest word from the Strang Cancer Prevention Center at Weill Cornell Medical College.

In fact, dark chocolate holds a prominent place on the Strang list of foods that pack the biggest disease-fighting punch (along with red grapes, spinach, olive oil, and more).

“One-third of cancers can be attributed to a poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle,” says Michael P. Osborne, M.D., president of the Strang Center.

Does that mean you can go hog-wild with the chocolate in the name of health? Afraid not. No one food is a magic bullet. Rather, they work their power as part of an overall healthy diet and lifestyle.

And that’s where WOMEN’S NUTRITION CONNECTION comes in. We turn the latest science into action items you can use to live longer and healthier.

Our panel of physicians from Weill Cornell’s Iris Cantor Women’s Health Center has a finger on the pulse of food and fitness breakthroughs of special significance for women. We read the world’s most foremost medical journals, monitor the studies, stay in touch with the leaders.

Our editors bring you the newest and best options for women – in language that’s lively, interesting, and easy to act on every day.

There’s no reason to let your diet make you a sitting duck for serious disease. Not in this day and age when there’s so much you can do – and eat – to stay healthy.