Eating chocolate may halve risk of dying (of heart attack)

newscientist.com ^ | 27 February 2006 | Gaia Vince

[Capt. Tom]

Regular consumption of cocoa may halve risk of dying and lower blood pressure, suggests a Dutch study in elderly men.

Isn't this out of a Woody Allen movie? - tom

[LS]

Looks like I'm damn near impervious, then.

[RexBeach]

Maybe one has to be an elderly Dutch man to benefit from eating chocolates? OK, how do I become Dutch?

[Lekker 1]

“And men in the study who consumed the most cocoa were less likely to die of any cause,” he adds.

You mean the odds of dying are now less than 100%? Chocolate is truly amazing!

[martin_fierro]

"SAY WHAT?"

[Global2010]

I made my own hand rolled Dark Choc Cognac Pecan Truffles for Christmas and the key was to make them the size of Malt Balls not Golf Balls.

They were a big hit had to make more for all.

For Easter I am ordering English Walnuts and a Dark Choc. From Europe that is used by the real candy makers to once again make Truffles.

It is all about the benifits when eating stuff in moderation.

[RoadTest]

Aren't the Dutch the chief headquarters of cocoa processing? Or is it just a "Dutch Process" I see on food labels?

[Global2010]

Hey for all of you who are lifelong See's Candy fans have you noticed how over the years the quality has gone to the dogs.

Too much shugah, not enough quality ingredeints.

As posted above I make my own Truffles now and they are easy except now I am ordering the English walnuts like Sees uses and using a Dark Chocolate that has to be special ordered. (so that is making it complicated, ordering ingredients)

[Psycho_Bunny]

Seems like drawing any correlations at all from this study would be a mistake:  some sloppy work here.

[leda]

chocolate is my favorite food group!
i hope that means im in for a long
and healthy life! :)

[Tanniker Smith]

I just read this story (or one very similar to it) in the NY Daily News. They mentioned that the recommended amount of chocolate was equivalent to one-third of a chocolate bar. And the sarcastic, self-referential title of the column was something like "Sure, but who can only eat one-third of a chocolate bar?"

[kidd]

Silly cause and effect guessing.

People who consume a lot of chocolate may simply be more relaxed to begin with. Less tension - less heart attacks.

[i.l.e.]

Hershey's cocoa is the best.

[WKB]

Eating chocolate may halve risk of dying (of heart attack)



Is the "l" in havle for real or a typo?

[knittnmom]

Dark Choc Cognac Pecan Truffles

Are you willing to share the recipe?

[Liz]

Little known health fact: chocolate is a vegetable----a bean----so it belongs in every weight reduction diet.

[peacebaby]

Oh goody...Now I can eat my bon bons guilt-free!

[Liz]

I made my own hand rolled Dark Choc Cognac Pecan Truffles for Christmas and the key was to make them the size of Malt Balls not Golf Balls. They were a big hit had to make more for all.

FR Rules: when mentioning a prepared food, you must post the recipe. Sorry.

[LilDarlin]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-HAAA!