Well, it always seemed too good to be true"chocolate as a health food? Not so fast, reports NPR's Morning Edition, citing a recent editorial from British health journal the Lancet. Turns out that flavenols, those antioxidants that make dark chocolate so good for us, are also the ingredient that makes dark chocolate taste bitter. So some chocolate manufacturers actually remove the heart-healthy flavenols, leaving a confection that's full of fat and sugar without any antioxidants to redeem it. Now that's bitter. Well, it always seemed too good to be true"chocolate as a health food? Not so fast, reports NPR's Morning Edition, citing a recent editorial from British health journal the Lancet. Turns out that flavenols, those antioxidants that make dark chocolate so good for us, are also the ingredient that makes dark chocolate taste bitter. So some chocolate manufacturers actually remove the heart-healthy flavenols, leaving a confection that's full of fat and sugar without any antioxidants to redeem it. Now that's bitter. 
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