Dark chocolate has health benefits!

08-30-2003, 12:11 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/08/27....ap/index.html

Quote:

European researchers say eating milk chocolate, which is most commonly used in candy bars, does not raise antioxidant levels in the bloodstream. They found the same discouraging result among patients who drank milk while eating dark chocolate.

The results suggest that milk and other dairy products somehow discourage the body's ability to absorb the protective compounds in chocolate. Only subjects who ate dark chocolate showed a temporary increase in their antioxidant levels.

Okay - I'm moving on to a strictly dark chocolate diet now.

08-30-2003, 12:26 PM

OOoh yeah me too!
*goes out and buys tons of bournville*
mwhahah!
anything for good health

08-30-2003, 07:50 PM

I used to eat baker's chocolate which is unsweetened and has no milk in it...maybe that is why I had a pretty healthy childhood. C is for chocolate, that's good enough for me...(sorry, Sesame Street flashbacks!)

littlemissattitude · 08-30-2003, 11:30 PM

Okay, why is it that everything that supposedly has all these great health benefits are foods that I cannot eat? I'm allergic to a lot of fruits, can't eat quite a few vegetables because they do weird things to my digestive system, can't drink a glass of wine because grapes are one of the things I'm allergic to. Great.

Oh, and I can't eat chocolate, either.

08-31-2003, 12:20 AM

You can eat ice-cream, though, can't you?

littlemissattitude · 08-31-2003, 07:45 AM

Of course. As long as it isn't chocolate or peach or any of the other things I'm allergic to.

I can also eat french fries. Doesn't it just figure.

I don't suppose someone will ever discover that cheescake is good for you. No. Of course not.

08-31-2003, 07:19 PM

Yey....chocolate is good for me!!!

09-01-2003, 10:16 AM

Bleh...I don't like chocolate. Give me a pack of gummy-bears anyday.

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09-01-2003, 06:24 PM

You don't like chocolate...I am wide-eyed with shock!
My condolences....LOL

09-01-2003, 09:36 PM

Chocolate, gummy bears, chessecake...sweet things all round!