Hmm......are you catching a theme here? (Taken from previousl mentioned article)Everything you Don't Need to Know About Chocolate... But Might Enjoy Knowing!
- Mice are more attracted to coaco than they are to cheese.
- The higher the quality of chocolate the louder it should snap when you break it!
- The richness of chocolate goes way back. The ancient Mayas used chocolate as money.
- The word chocolate comes from two ancient Indian words meaning "bitter water".
- The blood in the infamous shower scene of Hitchcock's Psycho was chocolate syrup. For those of you to young to remember...Psycho was filmed in black and white.
- Chocolate taste better on an empty stomach...you'll eat less and enjoy it more.
- The highest chocoloate consumption is between 8p.m. and midnight.
- More chocolate is consummed in the winter than in summer.
- The U.S. is the 8th largest consumer of chocolate at 3.1 billion pounds a year.
- The average American consumes approximately 11.7 pounds of chocolate each year.
Ok, I admit it .....I have chocolate on the brian.
Thought for the day: Eating chocolate may prevent you from binge eating.
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Posted by Lazy Daisy at 11:56 AM
And btw, in case you or your readers are interested, here's what Dr. Joseph Mercola, whom I refer to often on my blog, has posted on chocolate:
http://www.mercola.com/2005/oct/15/the_protective_effect_of_flavanols_in_chocolate.htm
I've been saving this one - thinking of posting on it around Easter when I eat way too much of the good stuff.