Marie Antoinette would have a better reputation in history if instead of saying "Let them eat cake" she said "Let them eat chocolate". The world would have loved her and celebrated her suggestion.
The world loves chocolate in all its forms, colors and variation of flavors. There is milk chocolate, dark chocolate even white chocolate. Chocolate is always chosen as the number one flavor in taste tests. Chocolate candy, milk shakes, even medicine for kids is flavored with chocolate. Chocolate Is an important and flavorful ingredient in a lot of food that the world consumes in huge quantities.
Chocolate, passion and love are synonymous. Chocolate is thought to be an aphrodisiac. Eating chocolate makes you feel good and the serotonin that is released into the blood stream resembles a feeling of love, satiation and happiness.
We relate love and chocolate. The perfect Valentine's gift has to always include chocolate. Chocolate contains all kinds of mood altering chemicals. These chemicals can make us experience a feeling of euphoria. This euphoria may contribute to chocolate addiction.
We love chocolate with a passionate almost addictive reverence. Some research who explore the mood altering chemicals in chocolate state that these chemicals when released into nervous system causes the blood pressure to rise. There are other decernible symptoms that have been observed.
Hot cocoa is a favorite comfort food. There is nothing like having a cup of coca in front of a fire on a chilly fall evening. Chocolate in all its forms is considered a comfort food. Comfort foods are classified as those foods that make us feel good when we are eating them.
Chocolate has been blamed for everything from causing acne to promoting cavities. Even when we thought chocolate was bad for our bodies chocolate lover still consume millions of pounds are consumed per year.
In recent studies, this bad reputation has been disputed by two Independent studies by The Pennsylvania School of Medicine And The U.S. Naval Academy. The studies proved that eating chocolate did not intensify nor cause an acne condition.
As to the rumor that chocolate causing cavities, the separate Study showed that this claim was completely untrue. The facts show that the cocoa butter in the chocolate actually coats the teeth to prevent plaque from forming.
The sugar content in chocolate contributes no more to cavity formation than the sugar in other food. Eating too much of any good thing is not good for you whether it is chocolate or chocolate cake.
Recent newspaper headlines made eating chocolate healthy. The newspapers reported that recent research at UC Davis found that chocolate had a lot of chemicals in it that may help lower the risk of heart disease. With over 300 chemicals Contained in chocolate , scientist continue to find benefits For the body in chocolate. Plants like chocolate contain a high level of a chemical called "phenolics".
Phenolics have chemically been proven to reduce oxidation, Researchers claim that their research looked promising for chocolate to actually have a medical benefit.
Chocolate lovers all over the world rejoiced when they read the headlines "Eating Chocolate May Prevent Heart Attack”. Not Only was chocolate one of the most delicious flavors in the world but items made with chocolate are good for you. Chocolate consumption increased by 150%.
