HERE'S WHAT I THINK
Chocolate is good for the soul
Chocolate has healing qualities for both your physical and mental well being. It gives you energy and is good for your heart. So what's a little sugar and fat, the health benefits of chocolate, enjoyed in moderation, indicate that chocolate is good for your body and soul. Please weigh in and share your thoughts on The Great Chocolate Debate!
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What Wikipedia Has to Say...
Pure, unsweetened chocolate contains primarily cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions. Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, combining chocolate with sugar. Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk. "White chocolate" contains cocoa butter, sugar, and milk but no cocoa solids (and thus does not qualify to be considered true chocolate). Chocolate contains alkaloids such as theobromine and phenethylamine, which have some physiological effects in humans, but the presence of theobromine renders it toxi...
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Chocolate is good for the soul
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8Redrose says:
I love warm dark chocolate the best. Flourless chocolate cake is really awesome. And having chocolate everyday is absolutely worth the fat, calories, and sugar! :)
Posted August 03, 2008
LeslieBrenner says:
Definitely, yummy chocolatey chocolate with lots of chocolate on the side. Oh, and did I mention chocolate!
Posted May 19, 2008
LisaKnowsTheSecret says:
I absolutely adore milk chocolate especially if it's fruit and nut or wholenut. I would happily live on chocolate if my waistline could handle it (which sadly is never going to happen)but even just a sniff is enough to cheer me up. I'm sure doctors would have a much easier life if they could prescribe chocolate instead of pills, it has a much quicker effect than any antidepressant and is probably a lot cheaper!
Posted May 09, 2008
FawesomeGirl says:
feel the love, TT and SM.
Posted April 17, 2008
FawesomeGirl says:
Chocolate is brilliant. Even if it was bad for me, I would eat it because it rocks. It may an aquired taste, but if the Aztecs could eat it without sweeting, so can I.
Posted April 17, 2008
BigGirlBlue says:
Chocolate is very good for the soul. I even converted my DH who never ate chocolate before I came along.
Posted April 13, 2008
mywebgal says:
It's not only good for the soul but dark chocolate is antioxidant rich and can even lower blood pressure!
Posted April 12, 2008
beeobrien says:
I Loooooove chocolate, especially really good truffles, and mousse, and those chocolate chunk cookies, and...sorry. I know I could cause a firestorm here, but I'm also quite fond of white chocolate, especially mousse.
Posted April 10, 2008
sandif says:
Can't live without it. One of the pleasures in life is eating, and I love eating chocolate. Also, when I'm feeling sick to my stomach, it has a soothing reaction.
Posted April 01, 2008
Todd Gurvis says:
there is no life without chocolate
Posted April 01, 2008
JasonE says:
I couldn't agree more. As I get older I am developing a taste for dark chocolate. Like a good coffee or a fine Cabernet, I think you can taste the difference in a good quality chocolate, which doesn't necessarily have to be expensive.
Posted April 01, 2008
Melissa says:
Chocolate is one of those delightful good for you experiences! The darker the better! Organic even more so... Fair Trade best of all!
Posted March 30, 2008
SoundFinance says:
Chocolate..good for the soul, good for the heart, good for your health.... Dark chocolate that is. Visit http://www.squidoo.com/chocolatebox - I rest my case:)
Posted March 30, 2008
KimGiancaterino says:
I love good chocolate, especially hand-made truffles and candies. I'm hoarding my last piece of Valentine's Day candy like a squirrel.
Posted March 30, 2008
Sam K says:
I gave up Chocolate for Lint this season and it was one of the hardest things I have had to do. Oh, what I do for my Lord!
Posted March 29, 2008
merlin1996 says:
Dark chocolate is sooooo good! When I need a boost, mentally, emotionally, or just because, I grab a piece of chocolate.
Posted March 29, 2008
No way, Monkeybrain!
Chocolate SUX! says:
I'm allergic too and have to agree with Nancy, it's easy to live without, my "soul" isn't harmed at all
Posted June 24, 2008
Amanda_Blue says:
Yup, but bad for the bod (if the chocolate you eat contains refined sugar) and a soul without a bod is like a ship without a...
Posted April 22, 2008
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bafiedel says:
I agree that chocolate is a wonderful thing...but I just couldn't leave Nancy Marmolejo all alone over here. :)
Posted March 30, 2008
Nancy Marmolejo says:
I'm allergic to chocolate. I have no problem saying no to it, knowing that if I did indulge, I'd be dealing w/ 4 days of migraines.
It's easy to live without!
Posted March 19, 2008
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About Cocoa Beans
Cocoa is the dried and fully fermented fatty seed of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. "Cocoa" can often also refer to the drink commonly known as hot chocolate; cocoa powder, the dry powder made by grinding cocoa seeds and removing the cocoa butter from the dark, bitter cocoa solids; or it may refer to the combination of both cocoa powder and cocoa butter together.Sorting Out Chocolate - Fine Cooking Article
A cacao pod has a rough leathery rind about 3 cm thick (this varies with the origin and variety of pod). It is filled with sweet, mucilaginous pulp called 'baba de cacao' in South America, enclosing 30 to 50 large almond-like seeds (beans) that are fairly soft and pinkish or purplish in color.
Cocoa should not be confused with the coca plant which can be used to create cocaine.
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