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Are You Genetically Predisposed to Desire Chocolate?

Friday October 12, 2007
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Researchers have discovered a link between a certain metabolic signature and the desire for chocolate.

In the study, people who were self proclaimed chocolate lovers tended to have low levels of LDL cholesterol and slightly elevated levels of albumin.

The researchers believe that food preference may be programmed into a person's metabolic system.

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