So I am with a late night gathering of friends and serving up hot chocolate. I casually look at the nutritional chart on the back: 35% of my daily iron needs!!!! You have got to be kidding me? I announce this to the group. Did you know this?? All shrug cluelessly. Why has this been kept a secret from women? I check the labels of all the other chocolate sources in my cabinet--there are many. The iron amounts vary--dark chocolate seems to have more--but they all have some in it.
Around once a month I get quite fatigued and am pretty sure it is iron depletion. In the past, I usually have eaten a hamburger or other red meat to boost iron levels. Well, I know what I'm going to do now...
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