Posted on 03/23/2007 6:33:05 AM PDT by Lucky9teen
Here's something silly. Let's celebrate chocolate?
Enjoy American Chocolate Week
March 18 thru March 23!
Most people cannot resist the temptation of eating chocolates. Occasion or no occasion, chocolates are an all-the-year-round cause for celebration. Chocolates have been subject to a lot of debates on health related issues. However, here are some cool facts:
Chocolate products contain ingredients that can prevent and retard tooth decay.
The amount of fat in a chocolate bar is not very high and in fact, in moderate quantity, can be used in a low-fat diet program.
Chocolates do not contribute to cholesterol formation. The fact is that a 1.65 oz bar of chocolate contains only 12 mg.
A 1.5 oz chocolate milk bar will give you 41 mg of sodium, while dark chocolate contains only 5 mg.
Researches have found no relationship between eating chocolate and acne formation.
Chocolates contain stearic and oleic acid, which help lower blood cholesterol levels, reduces the risk of blood clots and benefits the heart. It increases the HDL (good cholesterol) and reduces LDL (bad cholesterol).
Chocolate also contains flavonoids, which are known to have antioxidant properties.
Chocolate contains substances called Phenylethylamine and Seratonin, both of which (put simply), are mood lifting agents found naturally in the human brain.
Not all chocolate or cocoa is the same, especially when preparing recipes. Ever wonder what the difference is between one kind of chocolate and another?
 Chocolate Liquor |
 Cocoa Butter |
 Cocoa PowderCocoa powder is the solid left after the cocoa butter is pressed out of the liquor. Cocoa powder often undergoes a Dutch Process, that reduces its natural acidity. Dutch cocoa is milder tasting and blends better with milk. |
Unsweetened Chocolate |
 Bittersweet ChocolateChocolate with a minimum of 50% chocolate liquor. |
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 Milk ChocolateMilk chocolate has at least 10% liquor and 12% milk solids. Sugar, cocoa butter and vanilla are also mixed in. |
 White ChocolateThis kind lacks the brown color because there are no cocoa solids. White chocolate is made up of only cocoa butter, sugar and milk solids. |
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"Exercise is a dirty word... Every time I hear it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate."
At what gold price will we have enough to back the money supply?
Gee, I guess those stupid old white guys in Philadelphia were real kooks.
Just because there was enough gold 230 years ago, doesn't mean there is enough today. I think you're the kook.
I'll even pay for your one-way ticket.
As long as you don't use fiat dollars.
You would't be talking about Luke Days, now would ya? ;)
Next time I see you on a fiat currency thread I'm hijacking it with raw silliness.
"Barack the Magic Neeeegro lives in Dee Ceeeee!!"
Is that a song sung to the tune of Puck the Magic Dragon?
Where is the rest of it.
Wow Mr Heston! That gubmint chocolate sure looks green. (:^*)
FReep moderator above: "I thought I was going to have an easy Friday afternoon"
People who like gold paint have a gilt complex.
At a company where they dig for gold, a labor dispute is a miner problem where no one wants to get the shaft.
When news that a meat shipment was coming reached the gold rush, you could stake your claim and then claim your steak.
It was such a big piece of gold, he didn't know what to assay.
The staff at jewelry stores have hearts of gold.
Those who invest in chocolate put their money behind bars.
bwahahaha
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Semi-Sweet Chocolate
Dark Chocolate