What makes chocolate so good....?!
I know chocolate is an aphrodesiac and that it takes amazing!. The funny thing is I really dont like sweet things but i love love love chocolate!. Why does it make me feel so good and happy when I eat it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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CHOCOLATE:
Contains phenylethylamine and serotonin, those naturally occuring chemicals in our bodies that our brains release when we feel happy and in love!. I think it really releases the "happy hormones"!.!. teehee!.!. but scientists say chocolates doesn't directly increase sexual desire, but feeling good after eating chocolate may lower your inhibitions and make you more receptive to your partner's advances!.
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Contains phenylethylamine and serotonin, those naturally occuring chemicals in our bodies that our brains release when we feel happy and in love!. I think it really releases the "happy hormones"!.!. teehee!.!. but scientists say chocolates doesn't directly increase sexual desire, but feeling good after eating chocolate may lower your inhibitions and make you more receptive to your partner's advances!.
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Hello,
I love, love chocolate too! To describe the love of chocolate is a bit difficult, because it does possess mood enhancing qualities!. Could it be it's dreamy color, texture, smooth, and creamy feeling as it melts in our mouths!?
Ok, I'm getting hungry for a piece!. Here is alink to an all chocolate web-site that I thought you might enjoy!. http://www!.the-chocolate-spot!.com it provides you with recipes, history, melting techniques and more!.
Eating chocolate lets us escape from reality, even, if only for a few moments!.
Good Luck,
GeneseeWww@FoodAQ@Com
I love, love chocolate too! To describe the love of chocolate is a bit difficult, because it does possess mood enhancing qualities!. Could it be it's dreamy color, texture, smooth, and creamy feeling as it melts in our mouths!?
Ok, I'm getting hungry for a piece!. Here is alink to an all chocolate web-site that I thought you might enjoy!. http://www!.the-chocolate-spot!.com it provides you with recipes, history, melting techniques and more!.
Eating chocolate lets us escape from reality, even, if only for a few moments!.
Good Luck,
GeneseeWww@FoodAQ@Com
because with chocolate you never have to worry about the toliet seat being down, your house is always clean, and you never have to make dinner that consists of raw meat!. :PWww@FoodAQ@Com
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SweetnessWww@FoodAQ@Com
the chocolately goodness and fatty fat and highly priced price!. (actualy is pretty cheap)Www@FoodAQ@Com
the fatty molecules, they are larger and the tongue loves themWww@FoodAQ@Com
Its a comfort food, I have always thought that it reminds you of a simpler time!. Like childhoodWww@FoodAQ@Com
Fat and sugar!.
Chocolate (pronounced /?t??kl?t/ (help·info) or /-??l?t/) comprises a number of raw and processed foods that are produced from the seed of the tropical cacao tree!. Native to lowland, tropical South America, cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Central America and Mexico, with its earliest documented use around 1100 BC!. The majority of the Mesoamerican peoples made chocolate beverages, including the Maya and Aztecs, who made it into a beverage known as xocolātl, a Nahuatl word meaning "bitter water"!. The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste, and must be fermented to develop the flavor!.
After fermentation, the beans are dried, cleaned, and roasted, and the shell is removed to produce cacao nibs!. The nibs are then ground and liquified, resulting in pure chocolate in fluid form: chocolate liquor!. The liquor can be further processed into two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter!.
Pure, unsweetened chocolate contains primarily cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions!. Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, combining chocolate with sugar!. Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk!. "White chocolate" contains cocoa butter, sugar, and milk but no cocoa solids (and thus does not qualify to be considered true chocolate)!.
Chocolate has become one of the most popular flavours in the world!. Gifts of chocolate molded into different shapes have become traditional on certain holidays: chocolate bunnies and eggs are popular on Easter, coins on Hanukkah, Santa Claus and other holiday symbols on Christmas, and hearts on Valentine's Day!. Chocolate is also used in cold and hot beverages, to produce chocolate milk and hot cocoa!.
Chocolate contains alkaloids such as theobromine and phenethylamine which have physiological effects on the body!. It has been linked to serotonin levels in the brain!. Scientists claim that chocolate, eaten in moderation, can lower blood pressure!.[1] Dark chocolate has recently been promoted for its health benefits, including a substantial amount of antioxidants that reduce the formation of free radicals, though the presence of theobromine renders it toxic to some animals, such as dogs and cats!.[2]
Consumption
Chocolate is regularly eaten for pleasure!. Besides, there are many potential beneficial effects on health of eating chocolate!. Cocoa or dark chocolate benefits the circulatory system!.[31]
Other beneficial effects are suggested, such as anticancer, brain stimulator, cough preventor and antidiarrhoeal effects!.[32] An aphrodisiac effect is yet unproven!.
On the other hand, eating large quantities of any chocolate increases risk of obesity!. There is concern of mild lead poisoning for some types of chocolate!. Chocolate is toxic to many animals because of insufficient capacity to metabolize theobromine!.[2]
Pleasure of consuming
Part of the pleasure of eating chocolate is due to the fact that its melting point is slightly below human body temperature: it melts in the mouth!. A study reported by the BBC indicated that melting chocolate in one's mouth produced an increase in brain activity and heart rate that was more intense than that associated with passionate kissing, and also lasted four times as long after the activity had ended!.[33]
Health benefits
Circulatory benefits
Recent studies have suggested that cocoa or dark chocolate may possess certain beneficial effects on human health!. Dark chocolate, with its high cocoa content, is a rich source of the flavonoids epicatechin and gallic acid, which are thought to possess cardioprotective properties!. Cocoa possesses a significant antioxidant action, protecting against LDL oxidation, perhaps more than other polyphenol antioxidant-rich foods and beverages!. Processing cocoa with alkali destroys most of the flavonoids!.[34] Some studies have also observed a modest reduction in blood pressure and flow-mediated dilation after consuming approximately 100g of dark chocolate daily!. There has even been a fad diet, named "Chocolate diet", that emphasizes eating chocolate and cocoa powder in capsules!. However, consuming milk chocolate or white chocolate, or drinking fat-containing milk with dark chocolate, appears largely to negate the health benefit!.[35] Processed cocoa powder (so called Dutch chocolate), processed with alkali greatly reduces the antioxidant capacity as compared to "raw" cocoa powder!. Chocolate is also a calorie-rich food with a high fat content, so daily intake of chocolate also requires reducing caloric intake of other foods!.
Two-thirds of the fat in chocolate comes in the forms of a saturated fat called stearic acid and a monounsaturated fat called oleic acid!. However, unlike other saturated fats, stearic acid does not raise levels of LDL cholesterol in the bloodstream!.[36] Consuming relatively large amounts of dark chocolate and cocoa does not seem to raise serum LDL cholesterol levels; some studies even find that it could lower them!.[37] Indeed, small but regular amounts of dark chocolate lowers the possibility of heart attack[38], a result of cholesterol imbalance according to the lipid hypothesis!.
Aphrodisiac
Romantic lore commonly identifies chocolate as an aphrodisiac!. The reputed aphrodisiac qualities of chocolate are most often associated with the simple sensual pleasure of its consumption!. More recently, it has been suggested that theobromine and other chemicals found in chocolate, most notably phenethylamine, can act as mild sexual stimulants!. While there is no firm proof that chocolate is indeed an aphrodisiac, a gift of chocolate is a familiar courtship ritual!.[39]
Other benefits
Several population studies have observed an increase in the risk of certain cancers among people who frequently consume sweet 'junk' foods such as chocolate!. However, very little evidence exists to suggest whether consuming flavonoid-rich dark chocolate may increase or decrease the risk of cancer!. Evidence from laboratory studies suggests that cocoa flavonoids may possess anticarcinogenic mechanisms, but more research is needed to prove this idea!.
Studies suggest a specially formulated type of cocoa may be nootropic and delay brain function decline as people age!.[40]
Mars, Incorporated, a Virginia-based candy company, spends millions of dollars each year on flavonol research!.[41] The company is talking with pharmaceutical companies to license drugs based on synthesized cocoa flavonol molecules!. According to Mars-funded researchers at Harvard, the University of California, and European universities, cocoa-based prescription drugs could potentially help treat diabetes, dementia and other diseases!.[42]
Other research indicates that chocolate may be effective at preventing persistent coughing!. The ingredient theobromine was found to be almost one third more effective than codeine, the leading cough medicine!.[43] The chocolate also appears to soothe and moisten the throat!.
Flavonoids can inhibit the development of diarrhea, suggesting antidiarrhoeal effects of chocolate!. [44]Www@FoodAQ@Com
Chocolate (pronounced /?t??kl?t/ (help·info) or /-??l?t/) comprises a number of raw and processed foods that are produced from the seed of the tropical cacao tree!. Native to lowland, tropical South America, cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Central America and Mexico, with its earliest documented use around 1100 BC!. The majority of the Mesoamerican peoples made chocolate beverages, including the Maya and Aztecs, who made it into a beverage known as xocolātl, a Nahuatl word meaning "bitter water"!. The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste, and must be fermented to develop the flavor!.
After fermentation, the beans are dried, cleaned, and roasted, and the shell is removed to produce cacao nibs!. The nibs are then ground and liquified, resulting in pure chocolate in fluid form: chocolate liquor!. The liquor can be further processed into two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter!.
Pure, unsweetened chocolate contains primarily cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions!. Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, combining chocolate with sugar!. Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk!. "White chocolate" contains cocoa butter, sugar, and milk but no cocoa solids (and thus does not qualify to be considered true chocolate)!.
Chocolate has become one of the most popular flavours in the world!. Gifts of chocolate molded into different shapes have become traditional on certain holidays: chocolate bunnies and eggs are popular on Easter, coins on Hanukkah, Santa Claus and other holiday symbols on Christmas, and hearts on Valentine's Day!. Chocolate is also used in cold and hot beverages, to produce chocolate milk and hot cocoa!.
Chocolate contains alkaloids such as theobromine and phenethylamine which have physiological effects on the body!. It has been linked to serotonin levels in the brain!. Scientists claim that chocolate, eaten in moderation, can lower blood pressure!.[1] Dark chocolate has recently been promoted for its health benefits, including a substantial amount of antioxidants that reduce the formation of free radicals, though the presence of theobromine renders it toxic to some animals, such as dogs and cats!.[2]
Consumption
Chocolate is regularly eaten for pleasure!. Besides, there are many potential beneficial effects on health of eating chocolate!. Cocoa or dark chocolate benefits the circulatory system!.[31]
Other beneficial effects are suggested, such as anticancer, brain stimulator, cough preventor and antidiarrhoeal effects!.[32] An aphrodisiac effect is yet unproven!.
On the other hand, eating large quantities of any chocolate increases risk of obesity!. There is concern of mild lead poisoning for some types of chocolate!. Chocolate is toxic to many animals because of insufficient capacity to metabolize theobromine!.[2]
Pleasure of consuming
Part of the pleasure of eating chocolate is due to the fact that its melting point is slightly below human body temperature: it melts in the mouth!. A study reported by the BBC indicated that melting chocolate in one's mouth produced an increase in brain activity and heart rate that was more intense than that associated with passionate kissing, and also lasted four times as long after the activity had ended!.[33]
Health benefits
Circulatory benefits
Recent studies have suggested that cocoa or dark chocolate may possess certain beneficial effects on human health!. Dark chocolate, with its high cocoa content, is a rich source of the flavonoids epicatechin and gallic acid, which are thought to possess cardioprotective properties!. Cocoa possesses a significant antioxidant action, protecting against LDL oxidation, perhaps more than other polyphenol antioxidant-rich foods and beverages!. Processing cocoa with alkali destroys most of the flavonoids!.[34] Some studies have also observed a modest reduction in blood pressure and flow-mediated dilation after consuming approximately 100g of dark chocolate daily!. There has even been a fad diet, named "Chocolate diet", that emphasizes eating chocolate and cocoa powder in capsules!. However, consuming milk chocolate or white chocolate, or drinking fat-containing milk with dark chocolate, appears largely to negate the health benefit!.[35] Processed cocoa powder (so called Dutch chocolate), processed with alkali greatly reduces the antioxidant capacity as compared to "raw" cocoa powder!. Chocolate is also a calorie-rich food with a high fat content, so daily intake of chocolate also requires reducing caloric intake of other foods!.
Two-thirds of the fat in chocolate comes in the forms of a saturated fat called stearic acid and a monounsaturated fat called oleic acid!. However, unlike other saturated fats, stearic acid does not raise levels of LDL cholesterol in the bloodstream!.[36] Consuming relatively large amounts of dark chocolate and cocoa does not seem to raise serum LDL cholesterol levels; some studies even find that it could lower them!.[37] Indeed, small but regular amounts of dark chocolate lowers the possibility of heart attack[38], a result of cholesterol imbalance according to the lipid hypothesis!.
Aphrodisiac
Romantic lore commonly identifies chocolate as an aphrodisiac!. The reputed aphrodisiac qualities of chocolate are most often associated with the simple sensual pleasure of its consumption!. More recently, it has been suggested that theobromine and other chemicals found in chocolate, most notably phenethylamine, can act as mild sexual stimulants!. While there is no firm proof that chocolate is indeed an aphrodisiac, a gift of chocolate is a familiar courtship ritual!.[39]
Other benefits
Several population studies have observed an increase in the risk of certain cancers among people who frequently consume sweet 'junk' foods such as chocolate!. However, very little evidence exists to suggest whether consuming flavonoid-rich dark chocolate may increase or decrease the risk of cancer!. Evidence from laboratory studies suggests that cocoa flavonoids may possess anticarcinogenic mechanisms, but more research is needed to prove this idea!.
Studies suggest a specially formulated type of cocoa may be nootropic and delay brain function decline as people age!.[40]
Mars, Incorporated, a Virginia-based candy company, spends millions of dollars each year on flavonol research!.[41] The company is talking with pharmaceutical companies to license drugs based on synthesized cocoa flavonol molecules!. According to Mars-funded researchers at Harvard, the University of California, and European universities, cocoa-based prescription drugs could potentially help treat diabetes, dementia and other diseases!.[42]
Other research indicates that chocolate may be effective at preventing persistent coughing!. The ingredient theobromine was found to be almost one third more effective than codeine, the leading cough medicine!.[43] The chocolate also appears to soothe and moisten the throat!.
Flavonoids can inhibit the development of diarrhea, suggesting antidiarrhoeal effects of chocolate!. [44]Www@FoodAQ@Com
I don't know but it has something to do with Sugar!.!.!.!.!.!.!.I don't really care!.!.!.!.!.As long as it's good!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
the milky taste is good!Www@FoodAQ@Com