Monday, December 13, 2004
Surfing on a cocoa fuelled high~
Eyebrows shall be raised again........
I JUST BOUGHT $6.50 WORTH OF CHOCS!! (Concerned abt whether or not there are worms in my tummy?? TAG YOUR COMMENTS!)
(Consisting of 1 TWIX bar, 1 TIMEOUT bar, 1 Kinder Bueno bar 1 box of strawberry flavoured Hello Panda)
I refer you to this paper written http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro01/web2/Slaughter.html
which is helpful in answering the question, "What makes people crave for chocolate?"
The Aztec emperor, Montezuma, was said to drink chocolate that was thick as honey and dyed red.
He liked it so much that he drank 50 goblets of it every day, and when he was done, he threw the golden goblets away. They weren't valuable to him, but the chocolate was.
During the 17th century, the chocolate beverage quickly became the fashionable drink all over Europe, but not without opposition. Some condemned it as an evil drink. Frederick III of Prussia prohibited it in his realm.
In the countries that did accept the drink, it was limited to the wealthy because of its high price. The London chocolate houses became the trendy meeting places where the elite London society savored this new luxury beverage.
Industrialization in the 19th and 20th centuries have since made chocolate a food for the masses. But despite its availablilty, people continue to hold onto the notion of chocolate as a special treat.
Sources: http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/02/021401_chocolate.jhtml
http://edition.cnn.com/HEALTH/indepth.food/sweets/history/index.html
My personal viewpoint:
Chocolate is sinfully addictive and sometimes it is the only thing that will satisfy your food craving. Aiyooo so what if it is rich in calories and saturated fat? I'm not fat right?
However, chocolate is not good for everyone. There are some poor things who are better off not indulging in the sweet, creamy richness of chocolate. Chocolate, as well as red wines and certain cheeses, contains phenylethylamine (PEA), a substance that can dilate blood vessels in the brain. People with a sensitivity to PEA might find that eating chocolate triggers headaches, even migraine. So people, eat away! (In moderation.) =p
Disclaimer: While Char is darned addicted to chockies and not growing fat, she does not assume any liability such as weight gain or breakouts though she seriously advocates the proliferation of the ideal that chockies are good in the writing of this article.
(Don't hate me cos i ain't fat. Hate me cos i've got high metabolic rate! *evil laughter* BITE ME.)
I JUST BOUGHT $6.50 WORTH OF CHOCS!! (Concerned abt whether or not there are worms in my tummy?? TAG YOUR COMMENTS!)
(Consisting of 1 TWIX bar, 1 TIMEOUT bar, 1 Kinder Bueno bar 1 box of strawberry flavoured Hello Panda)
I refer you to this paper written http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro01/web2/Slaughter.html
which is helpful in answering the question, "What makes people crave for chocolate?"
The Aztec emperor, Montezuma, was said to drink chocolate that was thick as honey and dyed red.
He liked it so much that he drank 50 goblets of it every day, and when he was done, he threw the golden goblets away. They weren't valuable to him, but the chocolate was.
During the 17th century, the chocolate beverage quickly became the fashionable drink all over Europe, but not without opposition. Some condemned it as an evil drink. Frederick III of Prussia prohibited it in his realm.
In the countries that did accept the drink, it was limited to the wealthy because of its high price. The London chocolate houses became the trendy meeting places where the elite London society savored this new luxury beverage.
Industrialization in the 19th and 20th centuries have since made chocolate a food for the masses. But despite its availablilty, people continue to hold onto the notion of chocolate as a special treat.
Sources: http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/02/021401_chocolate.jhtml
http://edition.cnn.com/HEALTH/indepth.food/sweets/history/index.html
My personal viewpoint:
Chocolate is sinfully addictive and sometimes it is the only thing that will satisfy your food craving. Aiyooo so what if it is rich in calories and saturated fat? I'm not fat right?
However, chocolate is not good for everyone. There are some poor things who are better off not indulging in the sweet, creamy richness of chocolate. Chocolate, as well as red wines and certain cheeses, contains phenylethylamine (PEA), a substance that can dilate blood vessels in the brain. People with a sensitivity to PEA might find that eating chocolate triggers headaches, even migraine. So people, eat away! (In moderation.) =p
Disclaimer: While Char is darned addicted to chockies and not growing fat, she does not assume any liability such as weight gain or breakouts though she seriously advocates the proliferation of the ideal that chockies are good in the writing of this article.
(Don't hate me cos i ain't fat. Hate me cos i've got high metabolic rate! *evil laughter* BITE ME.)
