New Posts For Thread: Chocolate as a Health Foodhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28274419/Chocolate_as_a_Health_FoodNew studies have shown that plant compounds in dark chocolate act on the muscles in the same manner as exercise:www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/87...An earlier study has implied that people who eat chocolate are less likely to suffer strokes anThis thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zone.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28274419/Chocolate_as_a_Health_Food?post_id=507120613#507120613This thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zone.Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:18:32 -0500My Favorite -- Lindt Bittersweet ...Yum ... !!!BTW, washing it down with Red Wine is a FURTHER Healthy Move ...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28274419/Chocolate_as_a_Health_Food?post_id=506810431#506810431My Favorite -- Lindt Bittersweet ...Yum ... !!!BTW, washing it down with Red Wine is a FURTHER Healthy Move ...Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:02:43 -0500So if you eat chocolates after a workout your muscles will be worked more? YAY!!When i was pregnant, my doctor's appointments were never when the baby was active--if they had office hours at 2 AM he'd have been tap dancing for them. So when they werehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28274419/Chocolate_as_a_Health_Food?post_id=506806317#506806317So if you eat chocolates after a workout your muscles will be worked more? YAY!!When i was pregnant, my doctor's appointments were never when the baby was active--if they had office hours at 2 AM he'd have been tap dancing for them. So when they wereFri, 16 Sep 2011 19:23:01 -0500AMEN.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28274419/Chocolate_as_a_Health_Food?post_id=506794343#506794343AMEN.Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:27:20 -0500>>>>>>>> Your son is smart!!My family members are choco addicts. I am trying to get used to darker chocolate and making slow progress. ;-)http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28274419/Chocolate_as_a_Health_Food?post_id=506782969#506782969>>>>>>>> Your son is smart!!My family members are choco addicts. I am trying to get used to darker chocolate and making slow progress. ;-)Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:47:20 -0500Actually, I decided as a teenager that chocolate was a vegetable--after all, it comes from a bean. Beans are vegetables. Great justification for the many food groups represented iin a chocolate chip cookie--grain, protein, etc. Most people liked thehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28274419/Chocolate_as_a_Health_Food?post_id=506766495#506766495Actually, I decided as a teenager that chocolate was a vegetable--after all, it comes from a bean. Beans are vegetables. Great justification for the many food groups represented iin a chocolate chip cookie--grain, protein, etc. Most people liked theFri, 16 Sep 2011 01:46:28 -0500Chocolate does have its uses. Bitter dark chocolate is one of the formerly secret ingredients in my award-winning chili.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28274419/Chocolate_as_a_Health_Food?post_id=506737605#506737605Chocolate does have its uses. Bitter dark chocolate is one of the formerly secret ingredients in my award-winning chili.Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:01:00 -0500Oh, I'm sure that bar does, Solf. The reason why is that it contains a LOT of sugar.That peppermint fondant is largely sugar, the main ingredient in fondant--and then the bar contains sugar and glucose besides.Is there a nutritional info panel on thehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28274419/Chocolate_as_a_Health_Food?post_id=506725011#506725011Oh, I'm sure that bar does, Solf. The reason why is that it contains a LOT of sugar.That peppermint fondant is largely sugar, the main ingredient in fondant--and then the bar contains sugar and glucose besides.Is there a nutritional info panel on theThu, 15 Sep 2011 05:05:05 -0500Solf:"Chocolates is good for you?"A person after my own heart!http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28274419/Chocolate_as_a_Health_Food?post_id=506722561#506722561Solf:"Chocolates is good for you?"A person after my own heart!Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:59:09 -0500We buy a type of 250g net chocolate block here called Whittaker's, and the Ghana Peppermint black is 72% cocoa, whilst the plain dark block is 50% cocoa. Whittaker's proudly advertise that they've been around since 1896, producing chocolate 'from frhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43901/28274419/Chocolate_as_a_Health_Food?post_id=506720745#506720745We buy a type of 250g net chocolate block here called Whittaker's, and the Ghana Peppermint black is 72% cocoa, whilst the plain dark block is 50% cocoa. Whittaker's proudly advertise that they've been around since 1896, producing chocolate 'from frThu, 15 Sep 2011 00:32:39 -0500