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Monday, June 12, 2006
9:27:00 AM EDT
Hearing God Gave Rock and Roll To You -- KISS
Goodness! There is apparently nothing chocolate can't do:
As if you needed another reason to eat chocolate, German researchers have shown that ingesting types rich in cocoa solids and flavonoids—dark chocolate—can fight skin cancer. Their findings are preliminary because they come from a trial of just 24 women who were recruited to add cocoa to their breakfasts every day for about 3 months.
Half the women drank hot cocoa containing a hefty dose of flavonoids, natural plant-based antioxidants that research has suggested prevent heart attacks. The remaining volunteers got cocoa that looked and tasted the same but that had relatively little of the flavonoids... The skin of the women who had received the flavonoid-rich cocoa did not redden nearly as much as did the skin of recruits who had drunk the flavonoid-poor beverage. Women getting the abundant flavonoids also had skin that was smoother and moister than that of the other women.
And now the catch: The particular type of chocolate they used in the study is not (yet) commercially available -- i.e, don't chow down on a Hershey bar and then go out for a day of beach volleyball without your sunscreen. You'll probably be sorry if you do. But I imagine if they can replicate this study a couple of times, this will be on the market soon enough.
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9:27:00 AM EDT
Hearing God Gave Rock and Roll To You -- KISS
Your Monday Morning Chocolate Story
Goodness! There is apparently nothing chocolate can't do:
As if you needed another reason to eat chocolate, German researchers have shown that ingesting types rich in cocoa solids and flavonoids—dark chocolate—can fight skin cancer. Their findings are preliminary because they come from a trial of just 24 women who were recruited to add cocoa to their breakfasts every day for about 3 months.
Half the women drank hot cocoa containing a hefty dose of flavonoids, natural plant-based antioxidants that research has suggested prevent heart attacks. The remaining volunteers got cocoa that looked and tasted the same but that had relatively little of the flavonoids... The skin of the women who had received the flavonoid-rich cocoa did not redden nearly as much as did the skin of recruits who had drunk the flavonoid-poor beverage. Women getting the abundant flavonoids also had skin that was smoother and moister than that of the other women.
And now the catch: The particular type of chocolate they used in the study is not (yet) commercially available -- i.e, don't chow down on a Hershey bar and then go out for a day of beach volleyball without your sunscreen. You'll probably be sorry if you do. But I imagine if they can replicate this study a couple of times, this will be on the market soon enough.
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Hi John !!!!!!!
This is wonderful for us Chocolate lovers I mean really great news. I love love love love love love love love love love love love love chocolate. I hope that this particular type of chocolate becomes available soon I would love to have a bite of it. I am a huge fan of Hershey, Dove and Godiva. I would love to read more about this study. This is wonderful to read I'm glad you posted this. Thanks for this note I will have to come back to your journal to read more about this. Take care and thanks for sharing this. I hope that you keep us all posted in the future. Byyyyye for now. -
yummmmm - Chocolate. We had a chocolate fountain as a prize for our raffle fundaraiser. We did all right.
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This explains that pale Swiss women thing.
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I'll pass on the beach volleyball, but if there's another experiment of this type? I'll volunteer!
Jude
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6/13/06 1:55 AM