BYJ in Lotte Almond Chocolate CF
BYJ Lotte Rummy&Bacchus Candle Version
2006.09.25 Lotte CF Making No.3
This kind of chocolate might raise it. LOL! 
Posted on 04/11/2007 1:52:03 PM PDT by voletti
CHICAGO: Some may see a cup of tea as soothing but chocolate is more likely to lower one’s blood pressure, German researchers reported on Monday. Foods rich in cocoa appear to reduce blood pressure but drinking green and black tea may not, according to an analysis in the US research magazine Archives of Internal Medicine. The drop in blood pressure among participants who consumed cocoa products for at least two weeks was in the same range as achieved by someone taking drugs commonly prescribed to control high blood pressure. The fall in blood pressure credited to cocoa could be expected to reduce the risk of strokes and heart attacks by 10-20%. Both cocoa and tea contain polyphenols, a class of chemicals known to help prevent cardiovascular disease that are present in most fruits and vegetables. But cocoa has a different type than tea — procyanids — that appear to be more active. But don’t start gobbling up chocolate bars just yet, wrote study author Dirk Taubert of the University Hospital of Cologne, Germany. Treats such as dark chocolate might be substituted for other high-calorie desserts, based on the study’s findings, but “we believe that any dietary advice must account for the high sugar, fat and calorie intake with most cocoa products. reuters
Except if it’s “Chocolate Jesus.”
And Mayor Chocolate and his Chocolate City.
BYJ in Lotte Almond Chocolate CF
BYJ Lotte Rummy&Bacchus Candle Version
2006.09.25 Lotte CF Making No.3
This kind of chocolate might raise it. LOL!
One more excuse to keep chocolate as a regular staple in my diet. :-D
Chocolate is an essential nutritious supplement ping.
I love dark chocolate. Been trying to find a place in the Seattle area to get real beans, but haven’t yet.
ping check out more later
I knew it! Screw those nutritionists and their lettuce. Bring on the Special Dark!
I'll have a bacon and dark chocolate sandwich please. Hold the lettuce.
And let us not forget what goes with chocolate . . . BEER!
That’s right, ladies! Try a nibble of milk chocolate with a sip of Shiner or IPA. My dad turned me on to it. Man oh MAN.
Well, ladies... the OTHER thing that goes great with chocolate is ALL MINE!!!
Yes, I know you’re all thinking “We want some, too”... but, as much as I love all of you, I simply refuse to share humble...
:-)
MMMMmmm...chocolate...red wine...I’m liking the way these things are turning out....;)
LOL - And I notice you did not PING him to this comment.
Well, I sure as hell ain't gonna....;-)
No, I didn’t ping him!
lol!
No good can come from this!
;-)
Dang...you're not kidding! On one of my very last nights in the US (not near Houston), I tried just that, much to the consternation of my traveling buddies.
The chocolate nibbles were with Shiner Bock and it ROCKED! Six out of six of us concurred. My skeptical friends are now all admitted converts.
I resisted the "I told you so" temptation successfully.
No good ever has, and we're proud of that, aren't we, sisters? :-)
Quite proud.
And hoping to take this show on the road!
:-)
I'm just doing that since you're still here and all. ;-)
BRAAAAACK!! back atcha!!
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