The Great Chocolate Debate!

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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... 

After fermentation, the beans are dried, cleaned, and roasted, and the shell is removed to produce cacao nibs. The nibs are then ground and liquefied, resulting in pure chocolate in fluid form: chocolate liquor. The liquor can be further processed into two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter. 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. "Wh...

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Chocolate is good for the soul

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sjd0 says:

yes im a chocolaholic!!!

ryan says:

chocolate is one of the most tastiest foods i reakon and can put u in a good mood sometimes. as for health it is not good to overconsume too much because there is alot of saturated fat and sugar. people can say it is healthy because it has some benifits but compare it to fruit and veg and chocolate is put to shame in health benifits.
p.s chocolate is a nice food to relax and enjoy i include it in my diet and i am very fit and healthy but i would never consider it a healthy food.

mistyblue75605 says:

Chocolate all the way but the real kind!! It is actually helpful for headaches in smokers as long as it is real chocolate!

MiaBellezza says:

Good for my soul, sometimes bad for my tummy!

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! :)

LeslieBrenner says:

Definitely, yummy chocolatey chocolate with lots of chocolate on the side. Oh, and did I mention chocolate!

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!

FawesomeGirl says:

feel the love, TT and SM.

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.

BigGirlBlue says:

Chocolate is very good for the soul. I even converted my DH who never ate chocolate before I came along.

mywebgal says:

It's not only good for the soul but dark chocolate is antioxidant rich and can even lower blood pressure!

Jimmie says:

Of course. Coffee and chocolate -- two great food medicines.

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.

grassosalvato86 says:

I absolutely love chocolate!

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.

Todd Gurvis says:

there is no life without chocolate

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.

angesbiz says:

Chocolate is my best friend!

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!

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:)

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

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...

bafiedel says:

I agree that chocolate is a wonderful thing...but I just couldn't leave Nancy Marmolejo all alone over here. :)

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!

 
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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. (The word "cocoa" is derivative of "cacao".) "Cocoa" can often also refer to the drink commonly known as hot chocolate; to cocoa powder, the dry powder made by grinding cocoa seeds and removing the cocoa butter from the dark, bitter cocoa solids; or to a mixture of cocoa powder and cocoa butter.Sorting Out Chocolate - Fine Cooking Article

A cocoa 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.

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