Chocolate as Medicine: A Quest Over the Centuries

Chocolate as Medicine: A Quest Over the Centuries
ISBN-10
1849734119
ISBN-13
9781849734110
Category
Medical
Pages
213
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Authors
Philip K. Wilson, William Jeffrey Hurst

Description

Looks at the history of using chocolate as medicine and describes the health benefits and myths of cocoa.

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