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How To Eat Less Chocolate

Chocolate contains important minerals, such as potassium and magnesium. It also contains vitamins B1, B2, D and E. It even contains antioxidants, subtsances that protect against cancer and old age. But let's not fool ourselves, you can get all these benefits in other foods: you don't have to eat chocolate to get these important nutrients.There's nothing wrong though with chocolate in moderation, but the key phrase here is 'in moderation', because unfortunately many people find it difficult to eat chocolate in moderation. If you're one of these people, try taking a good zinc supplement.

Many people find a regular intake of zinc, reduces their chocolate craving - you need to look for a zinc supplement that contains 10 mg to 15 mg of elemental zinc, and take one each day. Tea, coffee and alcohol interfere with the absorption of zinc, so make sure you leave a gap between taking your zinc supplement and drinking any of these.Zinc is a vitally important nutrient, so taking it is likely to have other positive health benefits. Adequate levels of zinc are vital for the immune system, for general skin health, as well as for rapid healing of burns and wounds. Zinc is important for vision, and your senses of taste and smell. It has a role in fertility and prostate health.Enjoying a small amount of chocolate with a high cocoa solid content ( preferably 65% or more) as part of a normal diet is, for most people, perfectly acceptable, but do not let the chocolate replace more nutrient-dense foods like fruit, vegetables, seeds and nuts..

Jane Thurnell-Read is an author and researcher on health, allergies and stress. She has written two books for the general public: "Allergy A to Z" and "Health Kinesiology. She also maintains a web site http://www.healthandgoodness.com with tips, inspiration and information for everyone who wants to live a happier, healthier life.janeread@btconnect.com

Best Cookies: Chocolate Walnut Fantasies

There are a lot of great food fantasies. Now you can add these delicious cookies to your list. These taste sensations feature cream cheese, walnuts, coconut, and milk chocolate.Chocolate Walnut Fantasies1 cup butter, softened? cup firmly packed brown sugar? cup sugar4 oz. cream cheese, softened2 eggs2 ? cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon baking soda1 ? cups coarsely chopped walnuts1 cup sweetened flaked coconut1 (7 oz.) milk chocolate candy bar, cut into chunksDirectionsHeat oven to 350 degrees.Combine butter, brown sugar, sugar and cream cheese in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed.

Add eggs; continue beating until well mixed. Reduce speed to low; add flour and baking soda. Beat until well mixed. Stir in walnuts, coconut and candy bar chunks by hand.Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls, 2-inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are golden brown.

Let stand 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets...

Best Cookies: Chocolate Walnut Fantasies

Chocolate > Best Cookies: Chocolate Walnut Fantasies

Is Your Valentine a Chocolate Connoisseur or Chocolate Phobe?

"Momma Chocolate" has advice for all the gentlemen about to embark on a chocolate purchase this Valentine's Day.
After the cardinal rule -- "Don't ever buy a Valentine's gift at a gas station" -- the decision of what and where to buy a chocolate gift gets complicated.
"Men rarely understand women's love affair with chocolate," says Momma Chocolate, editor of OhSoChocolate.com, "and when they love a Chocolate Connoisseur, their 'grocery store chocolate' gift may not be appreciated."The "What Type of Chocolate Should I Buy?" quiz is designed to relieve the man in a chocolate quandary. After answering a brief series of questions about the lady to receive the chocolate gift, quiz takers are shown a range of appropriate chocolate and non-chocolate gifts."And it's not just the Chocolate Phobe who might prefer a non-chocolate gift," claims Momma Chocolate. "If you're with a Chocolate Connoisseur and simply can't afford fine Belgian chocolates, your lady love just might be...

Is Your Valentine a Chocolate Connoisseur or Chocolate Phobe?

Chocolate > Is Your Valentine a Chocolate Connoisseur or Chocolate Phobe?

What Halloween Candy Ranks #1 This Year?

In a shock to chocolate lovers everywhere, candy corn tops this year's list as the most popular Halloween candy.Hundreds of people from all walks of life have responded to ExtremeChocolate.com's new Halloween candy survey, which asks: "What Halloween candy is your favorite?" Reese's Peanut Butter Cups is currently in the #2 position.Previous studies from other sources have found Snickers to be #1 -- but Snickers ranks third this year."I'm stunned," says Dr. Audri G. Lanford, head chocoholic researcher and author of a new ebook called "Chocolate, Chocolate, and More Chocolate: The Ultimate Chocolate Lover's Guide For Enjoying, Cooking and Making Chocolate!" "The idea that candy corn is more appealing than chocolate amounts to sacrilege to real chocolate lovers. It's true that we didn't distinguish between plain and chocolate candy corn in the survey, but still..."This study provides three kinds of important data:1) Suggestions (based on real data) for what to buy for the trick-or-treaters'...

What Halloween Candy Ranks #1 This Year?

Chocolate > What Halloween Candy Ranks #1 This Year?

Best Recipes: Old Fashioned Chocolate Milkshake

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Chocolate > Best Recipes: Old Fashioned Chocolate Milkshake

Gardening - For the Love of Chocolate - New Specialty Nursery Grows "Chocolate" Plants

Imagine a garden filled with chocolate ? chocolate mint; chocolate columbine; chocolate morning glories; chocolate nasturtiums; chocolate daylilies; chocolate foxglove; chocolate sunflowers and much more.Imagination becomes reality this spring at Chocolate Flower Farm where owners Marie Lincoln and Bill Schlicht specialize in growing unusual, rich, dark plants that add a spot of drama and exotic beauty to the garden.
Not just chocolate colored plants but plants in shades of maroon, purple and black and even several plants that smell like chocolate such as Chocolate Cosmos (Cosmos atrosanguiness), Chocolate Flower (Berlandiera lyrata) and Chocolate Vine (Akebia quinata). What came first, the chocolate or the flowers?
"Our nursery is named after Bill's love of chocolate and my passion for gardening.
I already was partial to dark plants and had quite a collection of them in our gardens, thus we combined our two passions and named our farm Chocolate Flower Farm. Gardening - For the Love of Chocolate - New Specialty Nursery Grows "Chocolate" Plants
Chocolate > Gardening - For the Love of Chocolate - New Specialty Nursery Grows "Chocolate" Plants