It’s true. There’s room for chocolate in any healthy diet, not only because new research indicates that it’s actually good for you thanks to disease-fighting flavanols in the darker varieties, but also because it tastes good and you love it.

Here are five simple food swaps that can help you lose more than 10 pounds in the next six weeks.

Abdominal fat, as opposed to fat around the hips, seems to trigger a chain of inflammatory activities that translates into harmful metabolic changes and plaque buildup ... and ultimately heart disease and dementia.

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