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Chocolate wards off hunger, and maybe sunburn too
Montreal Gazette ^
| 16 Aug 2011
| Agence France-Presse
Posted on 08/17/2011 8:45:13 AM PDT by smokingfrog
MONTREAL -- Scientists in Canada said Monday that they plan to study whether eating dark chocolate not only satisfies sweet tooth cravings, but protects against sunburn as well.
The study by researchers at Laval University in Quebec will monitor the effects of chocolate consumption on fair-skinned volunteers between the ages of 25 and 65, each of whom will be prevailed upon to eat three squares of chocolate per day for 12 weeks.
Earlier research in Germany and Britain has found that chemicals in chocolate called polyphenals increase blood flow close to the skin, which helps protect against ultraviolet rays, but those studies were too small in scale to be conclusive.
The scientists at Laval University's Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods hope to confirm the link in a study of 60 people, about half of whom already have been recruited, they said.
Test subjects who have been fed chocolate are to be exposed to ultraviolet rays in a laboratory and their skin then checked for sun damage. A control group will be given a placebo.
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TOPICS: Canada; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chocolate; sunburn
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To: smokingfrog
chocolate also wards off a freight train as you’re sitting there eating it on the railroad tracks.
yeah. /s
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posted on
08/17/2011 8:46:58 AM PDT
by
ken21
(ruling class dem + rino progressives -- destroying america for 150 years.)
To: smokingfrog
OK
so do we rub it on the outside
or eat it ???
Godivas here I come...
To: smokingfrog
Bathing in dark chocolate has wonderful health benefits. Careful not to overheat the chocolate.
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posted on
08/17/2011 8:50:19 AM PDT
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: Shimmer1; Monkey Face; toldyou; Tax-chick
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posted on
08/17/2011 8:50:41 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 936. The mob is decisive when the law is not.)
To: smokingfrog
So does Carob cause Cancer and Obesity?
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posted on
08/17/2011 8:51:18 AM PDT
by
GraceG
To: Genoa
Yep.
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posted on
08/17/2011 8:51:56 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 936. The mob is decisive when the law is not.)
To: Genoa
I've been eating dark chocolate and my skin and hair has improved a lot!!
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posted on
08/17/2011 8:53:33 AM PDT
by
KeyLargo
To: null and void
Ah. yes. As if any sane person needs another excuse to eat chocolate! LOL!
Thanks, Nully!
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posted on
08/17/2011 8:55:29 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
("...I believe in angels; something good in everything I see..." ABBA)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
08/17/2011 8:56:14 AM PDT
by
Paperdoll
(NO MORE BUSHS!)
To: ken21
I believe that.
I believe that.
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posted on
08/17/2011 8:58:57 AM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni! - Beam me up, Scotty.)
To: null and void
It sounds perfectly reasonable to me!
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posted on
08/17/2011 9:01:18 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(The Commie Plot Theory of Everything. Give it a try - you'll be surprised how often it makes sense.)
To: Tennessee Nana
“Godivas... here I come”
It has been way TOO LONG since I have had some Godiva!! It is truly a dark pleasure!!
To: ken21
But you won’t die hungry...
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posted on
08/17/2011 9:05:06 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
To: null and void
I’d hit it or lick it, whatevah!
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posted on
08/17/2011 9:05:36 AM PDT
by
wxgesr
(I want to be the first person to surf on another planet.)
To: ken21
“chocolate also wards off a freight train as you’re sitting there eating it on the railroad tracks.
yeah. /s”
Arrogant stupidity is not a virtue, nor is it a prerequisite to be considered a “conservative, contrary to what some here seem to think.
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posted on
08/17/2011 9:06:25 AM PDT
by
wolficatZ
(Somebody once wrote "Revenge is a dish that has to be eaten cold".)
To: smokingfrog
Dark chocolate’s a natural health food... especially for women...
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posted on
08/17/2011 9:07:16 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(One ring to rule them/one ring to find them/one ring to tax them/and in indebtedness bind them.)
To: smokingfrog; NautiNurse
Chocolate is also hurricane food.
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posted on
08/17/2011 9:07:34 AM PDT
by
SouthTexas
(You cannot bargain with the devil, shut the government down.)
To: null and void
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posted on
08/17/2011 9:08:00 AM PDT
by
ken21
(ruling class dem + rino progressives -- destroying america for 150 years.)
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