Compared to people who'd eaten the milk chocolate bar, those who'd snacked
on the dark chocolate showed «small enhancements in visual acuity and large - letter contrast» on the vision test, the researchers reported.
Not exact matches
In this study, biomarkers related to cardiovascular health and glucose metabolism
showed beneficial effects
on health while consuming polyphenol rich
dark chocolate.
Besides strawberries and
chocolate being an incomparable combination, there's no better way to
show off the berries than by thinly slicing them and fanning them out to create a pretty swirling pattern
on top of
dark rich
chocolate.
So here I am at 9PM
on a Tuesday, eating
dark chocolate nonpareils in bed and getting ready to binge watch start season three of OITNB (by the way, my friend wrote a brilliant piece
on the
show)(which I don't recommend reading unless you've started season three or thoroughly enjoy spoilers, like me).
The Nanaimo Bar should have a thin, almost brittle layer of
dark chocolate on top, not a spongy, airy layer as
shown here.
Are they the
dark chocolate brown as
shown on the SM website?
[15] One study has
shown that consumption of
dark chocolate improved performance
on cognitive tests which included the abstract reasoning test, the scanning and tracking test, the working memory test, the visual - spatial memory test, and the organization test.
«
Dark chocolate, a high source of polyphenols, and flavanols in particular, has lately received attention for its possible role in modulating obesity because of its potential effect on fat and carbohydrate metabolism, as well as on satiety... The research undertaken to date has shown promising results, with the possible implication of cocoa / dark chocolate in the modulation of obesity and body weight through several mechanisms including decreasing the expression of genes involved in fatty acid synthesis, reducing the digestion and absorption of fats and carbohydrates and increasing satiety.&ra
Dark chocolate, a high source of polyphenols, and flavanols in particular, has lately received attention for its possible role in modulating obesity because of its potential effect
on fat and carbohydrate metabolism, as well as
on satiety... The research undertaken to date has
shown promising results, with the possible implication of cocoa /
dark chocolate in the modulation of obesity and body weight through several mechanisms including decreasing the expression of genes involved in fatty acid synthesis, reducing the digestion and absorption of fats and carbohydrates and increasing satiety.&ra
dark chocolate in the modulation of obesity and body weight through several mechanisms including decreasing the expression of genes involved in fatty acid synthesis, reducing the digestion and absorption of fats and carbohydrates and increasing satiety.»
In what may be my favorite study ever done
on cortisol, subjects who had 40 grams (1.5 ounces) of
dark chocolate per day, for two weeks,
showed lowered urine cortisol levels.
Prior research has
shown that compounds called flavonoids found in fruit — and also in vegetables,
dark chocolate and red wine — may benefit health, but not all flavonoids appear to have the same effect
on stroke.