Although the effect of dark chocolate (sorry milk chocolate and white chocolate lovers, it has to be dark, really dark), are almost as good as taking medication, the doctors warn that it is not advisable to replace your medicine with chocolate. Of course, the drug companies don’t want you to replace your drugs with anything, including a healthy life style. The doctors fear you’ll gain weight by eating all that chocolate. That may be true, but I am glad the establishment is starting to prove that things that are pleasurable can also be healthy. See this post for more on the benefits of chocolate.