And the researchers gauged
chocolate consumption from these surveys.
Not exact matches
Using data
from a large - scale study that tracked participants» diet and health information for more than a decade, researchers found an association between moderate
chocolate consumption and a lowered risk for atrial fibrillation.
A study involving two groups of women demonstrated that long - term
consumption of dark
chocolate helped protect their skin
from the sun's rays, improve blood - flow to the skin, and aided hydration.
o The Story of
Chocolate: Presented by the National Confectioners Association's Chocolate Council: Guests will walk through the six steps of the chocolate production process from seed to con
Chocolate: Presented by the National Confectioners Association's
Chocolate Council: Guests will walk through the six steps of the chocolate production process from seed to con
Chocolate Council: Guests will walk through the six steps of the
chocolate production process from seed to con
chocolate production process
from seed to
consumption.
But regardless of the merits and interpretation of this particular study, it doesn't surprise me that overall milk
consumption may have dropped when
chocolate milk was removed
from the cafeteria.
If
chocolate milk is removed
from a school cafeteria, what will happen to overall milk selection and
consumption?
Removing
chocolate milk
from school cafeterias may reduce calorie and sugar
consumption, but it may also lead students to take less milk overall, drink less (waste more) of the white milk they do take, and no longer purchase school lunch.
The SNA has announced it plans to hold a «webinar» on the study Aug. 25 to examine findings
from a sample of schools that purport to show that milk
consumption dropped an average 35 percent when
chocolate and other flavored milks were removed and students were offered only plain milk.
According to the study, when
chocolate milk was eliminated
from cafeterias at 58 schools in seven school districts across the country, milk
consumption went down by an average of 35 %, and did not recover even after a year's time.
The study examined effects of fat - free
chocolate milk
consumption on kinetic and cellular markers of protein turnover, muscle glycogen, and performance during recovery
from endurance exercise.
Following the hyperlinks to and
from these publications will lead to many more.Those of you familiar with my treatise ANTI-AGING FIREWALLS — THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF LONGEVITY know that I suggest
consumption of phytochemical - rich foods like blueberries, walnuts,
chocolate and green tea and suggests taking a substantial number of phytosubstance supplements including resveratrol, curcumin, boswellia, ashwagandah, pycnogenol, green tea extract, olive leaf extract, lycopene, allicin and OPC grape seed extract.
Now, newer research
from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has revealed that the
consumption of
chocolate, or its active constituents (cocoa, flavan -3-ols), reduces a broad range of risk factors for cardiovascular disease, some of which include insulin resistance.
Researchers
from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland spent 12 years trying to figure out if a person's daily
chocolate consumption could lower their risk of heart disease.
For that matter, studies show that regular
consumption of soy has a positive impact on health whereas if it blocked antioxidant activity (apart
from the phytonutrients in tea and perhaps
chocolate) the opposite would be the case.
The
chocolate thing is to stress on the fact that the tablet, whose main intended clientele include those
from the corporate world won't be just for
consumption as most other tablet devices are.
Even if «Lucky» hasn't consumed a toxic dose of
chocolate it may still be advisable to bring him in to induce vomiting to remove as much of the theobromine and caffeine
from his system as possible, especially if the
consumption is recent.
Methylxanthine toxicity
from chocolate consumption leads not only to gastrointestinal upset in dogs and cats but also hyper behavior, muscle tremors, elevated body temperature, and even possible heart arrhythmias and seizures in some pets.
The lawsuit was filed last week, alleging that 10 - year - old Mykael Vasquez suffered
from a second - degree and third - degree burn after a McDonald's franchise served hot
chocolate that was «too hot for
consumption,» particularly for children.
Regular snacking on sweets or
chocolate, sugary soft drinks (excluding fruit juices) or crisps was derived
from three questions about the frequency of
consumption of these items.