Chocolate is a vegatable...

[icyjam]

Here are some other facts about chocolates:

*women are 22x more likely than men to choose chocolates as a mood enhancer.

*It contains phenylethylamine, a chemical that is released in the brain when we fall in love.

*It has a blend of over 500 flavors, 2 1/2x more than any other food.

*it also contains theobromine, w/c increases alertness, concentration, and cognitive functioning.

*Chocolate contaiins magnesium, essential to manufacture serotonin.

*Chocolate boosts serotonin and endorphin levels in the brain because of the ideal fat-to-sugar ratio.

*Because of the unique chemical components, it is the ideal hormonal mood enhancer. thus it is more powerful and alot tastier than SRI's, such as PROZAC and ZOLOFT. W/c are expensive and diminish sexual response.

*50% OF ALL WOMEN SAY THEY WOULD CHOOSE CHOCOLATE OVER SEX!

....CHOW.....::::roll:

[Mary Dover]

Re peanut butter cups- which do you prefer? The standard kind that comes 2/pack or the mini ones which statistically speaking contain MORE chocolate percentage wise, or so it seems. (minis for me. )

Also re just plain chocolate - milk or dark? I have always preferred the dark, which seems to act more quickly when I've just got to have a fix.

[mario_ragucci]

I love chocolate. I love to put it together with super saturated fat (butter), super refined white sugar, whole milk, vanilla and then put that on top of the chocolate I bake together with sugar and flour. I adore chocolate cake I make myself.

But there are two sides to my psyhie...the part that knows there is chocolate cake, and the part that knows there is chocolate cake.

Thats why I march into the kitchen at 0230 and eat several pieces of that fresh cake, because, if I ain't had none all day, my body will wake me up from a dead sleep to get some.

[OBNURSEHEATHER]

I don't care what people say. I spent years of my life undernourished and eating disordered. I kick myself now, because I missed out on all that good chocolate! It's not unusual for me to eat some form of chocolate in report everyday (7am, mind you). Breakfast of champions, I say. And I'll skip any meal, for dessert. Nothing holds a candle to my beloved chocolate (although spaghetti with lots of mushrooms and peppers comes close).

Cookies, cake, candies... I love them all. I love them so much I sell them now. Got myself a little side business. Not gonna be a nurse forever. I'm gonna open a bakery. Then, I will finally eat, sleep, and WORK chocolate!

Gotta go... hungry now

Heather

[nursedawn67, LPN]

:roll Finally someone that has proof that I have not been wrong all these years!!!! And peanut butter cups ARE good for you, they have peanut butter which is a good source of protien! WOOHOO!! :roll Thank you for passing on the truth!! Now I can have my daughter make her great brownies!! :kiss

[nursedawn67, LPN]

Hey Mario that cake sounds good...how about making some and sending it around to all of us chocoholics? ] :chuckle :roll

Originally posted by mario_ragucci

I love chocolate. I love to put it together with super saturated fat (butter), super refined white sugar, whole milk, vanilla and then put that on top of the chocolate I bake together with sugar and flour. I adore chocolate cake I make myself.

But there are two sides to my psyhie...the part that knows there is chocolate cake, and the part that knows there is chocolate cake.

Thats why I march into the kitchen at 0230 and eat several pieces of that fresh cake, because, if I ain't had none all day, my body will wake me up from a dead sleep to get some. [/quote

[judy ann]

Chocolate-food of the Gods. My dentist says that the wax in chocolate will coat the newly cleaned teeth and prevent cavities! another benefit of CHOCOLATE! (I think my dentist is a chocolate addict just like the rest of us):)