Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands.... and then eat just one of the pieces...
It started way back.... this love affair...
As long as I can remember, I've always loved chocolates....
Whether it's a chocolate bar, chocolate sandwich, chocolate cake, chocolate mousse, chocolate chips, chocolate ice-cream, chocolate-coated peanuts....I love them all...
This does get me panicky at times... because it is fattening...oh yes! verrryyy fattening when consumed in large quantity... and how can you go just half way with a chocolate? Oh no, you have to have it all!! :P
When I take a bite of those creamy caramel chocolates and all that caramel oozes out... how can I resist another bite? Or more to the point, not finish it all??
Hahaha... cutting the theatrics here...
I love chocolates and I did a bit of a research to check how it really affects our body....especially after my recent migraines...
Chocolate is made from the beans of the cocoa tree. The beans can be used to produce a cocoa mass or a cocoa liquor. The liquor can then be used to make cocoa butter and cocoa cake, which can be formed into a powder. A combination of the cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, vanilla and sugar gives us the chocolate...
Adding milk to it give milk chocolate...
What I found about migraines and chocolates: Dark chocolate may trigger headaches in some people. They contain a substance called tyramine, which has been associated with the onset of migraines. But it may differ from person to person...
I do have migraines with dark chocolates! But that's ok. I dont like them much anyway :P
And about gaining weight, it depends on how much you eat. Any food can be part of a healthy diet if consumed in moderation...
It's just that they're so addictive that stopping at one piece is hard :)
The chemical, Phenylethylamine, in chocolate may be responsible for some of the pleasurable feelings you get after eating chocolate because it releases natural 'feel-good' chemical called endorphins in your brain. Phenylethylamine is released by the brain when people are falling in love... :)
Sounds like its good for the mind and spirit! :)
Now, all I have to do is keep away from dark chocolate and over eating the other kinds :P
- Judith Viorst
As long as I can remember, I've always loved chocolates....
Whether it's a chocolate bar, chocolate sandwich, chocolate cake, chocolate mousse, chocolate chips, chocolate ice-cream, chocolate-coated peanuts....I love them all...
This does get me panicky at times... because it is fattening...oh yes! verrryyy fattening when consumed in large quantity... and how can you go just half way with a chocolate? Oh no, you have to have it all!! :P
When I take a bite of those creamy caramel chocolates and all that caramel oozes out... how can I resist another bite? Or more to the point, not finish it all??
I love chocolates and I did a bit of a research to check how it really affects our body....especially after my recent migraines...
Chocolate is made from the beans of the cocoa tree. The beans can be used to produce a cocoa mass or a cocoa liquor. The liquor can then be used to make cocoa butter and cocoa cake, which can be formed into a powder. A combination of the cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, vanilla and sugar gives us the chocolate...
Adding milk to it give milk chocolate...
What I found about migraines and chocolates: Dark chocolate may trigger headaches in some people. They contain a substance called tyramine, which has been associated with the onset of migraines. But it may differ from person to person...
I do have migraines with dark chocolates! But that's ok. I dont like them much anyway :P
And about gaining weight, it depends on how much you eat. Any food can be part of a healthy diet if consumed in moderation...
It's just that they're so addictive that stopping at one piece is hard :)
The chemical, Phenylethylamine, in chocolate may be responsible for some of the pleasurable feelings you get after eating chocolate because it releases natural 'feel-good' chemical called endorphins in your brain. Phenylethylamine is released by the brain when people are falling in love... :)
Sounds like its good for the mind and spirit! :)
Now, all I have to do is keep away from dark chocolate and over eating the other kinds :P
I loooooooveeeee Chocolates!!! <3
ReplyDeleteyummy yummy choclates. can't stop them. I researched if tiramisu is possible without coffee. sorry i couldnt c 1. coffee is a main ingredient.
ReplyDeletei thought so too... :(
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