Hooray for chocolate!!!
January 6th, 2009
New Process Boosts Levels Of Heart-Healthy Compounds In Cocoa Powder
12 May 2007
Scientists in Spain are reporting development of a new process to make cocoa powder with higher amounts of the healthful chemical compounds linked to chocolate's beneficial effects. The study is scheduled for publication in the May 30 issue of ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
Juan Carlos Espin de Gea and colleagues report that the new cocoa powder contains levels of some flavonoids 8 times higher than conventional cocoa. They achieved the higher flavonoid content by omitting the traditional fermentation and roasting steps used in the processing of cocoa beans. Those steps destroy some flavonoids, which are natural antioxidants.
Researchers used the flavonoid-enriched cocoa powder in a clinical trial to determine whether the compounds were bioavailable - in a form that humans can absorb. In the trial, six healthy volunteers consumed a milk drink made with flavonoid-enriched cocoa. The same volunteers later drank chocolate milk made from traditional cocoa. Blood and urine tests established the bioavailability of flavonoids in the enriched-milk drink, showing that people do absorb higher levels of the compounds. Based on the results, researchers suggest further clinical trials on the health benefits of flavonoid-enriched cocoa powder.
Article: "A New Process to develop a Cocoa Powder with Higher Flavonoid Monomer Content and Enhanced Bioavailability in Healthy Humans"
CONTACT:
Juan Carlos Espin de Gea, Ph.D.
Centro de EdafologÃ*a y BiologÃ*a Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS) - CSIC
Murcia, Spain
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Favorite Chocolate Quotes...
Favorite Chocolate Quotes #1
Life is like a box of chocolates...
you never know what you're gonna get.
Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks)
Favorite Chocolate Quotes #2
There are four basic food groups:
milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, and chocolate truffles.
Anonymous
Favorite Chocolate Quotes #3
Make a list of important things to do today.
At the top of your list, put 'eat chocolate.'
Now, you'll get at least one thing done today.
Gina Hayes
Favorite Chocolate Quotes #4
I never met a chocolate I didn't like.
Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) in Star Trek: The Next Generation
Favorite Chocolate Quotes #6
And above all... Think Chocolate!
'Betty Crocker'
Favorite Chocolate Quotes #7
The 12-step chocoholics program:
NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!
Terry Moore
Favorite Chocolate Quotes #8
All I really need is love,
but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!
Lucy Van Pelt in Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
Favorite Chocolate Quotes #9
Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world's perfect food.
Michael Levine, nutrition researcher, as quoted in The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars
Favorite Chocolate Quotes #10
I have this theory that chocolate slows down the aging process....
It may not be true, but do I dare take the chance?
Unknown
http://www.famous-quotes-and-quotations.com/chocolate-quotes.html
Carob is a brown powder made from the pulverized fruit of a Mediterranean evergreen.
Some consider carob an adequate substitute for chocolate because it has some similar nutrients (calcium, phosphorus), and because it can, when combined with vegetable fat and sugar, be made to approximate the color and consistency of chocolate.
Of course, the same arguments can as persuasively be made in favor of dirt.
- Sandra Boynton -
And all the other name brands.
And home made chocolate truffles.
But I'll eat just about anyone's chocolate.
But forget carob.
:applause: :party: :applause:
any.......as long as it's milk or dark - afraid i just can't stomach white - unless it's mixed with milk or dark!
but the hardest part is when my kids don't finish theirs before i've finished mine. is it wrong for a mother to steal her kids' chocolate??????
;)
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/horizons/H27_Dec03.pdf
"Women are responsible for two-thirds of all chocolate sales, eat around 60 per cent of their purchase then share the rest. Men make 30 per cent of purchases and guzzle the lot!"
No it is not wrong. You are saving them from Death By Chocolate.
semi-sweet. Oh, it's all good...
I do try to make mine organic with at least 70% of the good stuff in it.
It's expensive but good for you (I tell myself).
cocao-prices are rising
NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!
Terry Moore"
I have been on this program for 25 years!!! :D
What is everyone's favorite chocolate? Mine is See's.
cocao-prices are rising
Gsgs - I do not care what the cocao prices are. Chocolate is a staple food.
You know - fruit, vegetables, protein, chocolate,......
:D
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