Chocolate News
Chocolate is a big no-no for your doggo
NEWCASTLE HERALD As Easter approaches we can all feel the excitement building or the big weekend, because we know there will soon be a day we can eat as much chocolate as we desire and no one will bat an eyelid. Among the enjoyment of hot cross buns for breakfast and Easter egg hunts with the family, we can often forget one very important thing – just how toxic chocolate can be to dogs.Chocolate Seder gives the story of Passover a sugar high
When Rabbi Laura Boenisch was a kid she envied her non-Jewish friends gorge on solid chocolate Easter bunnies and cream-filled chocolate eggs while she nibbled on dry matzo at Passover. She has put an end to such childhood jealousies by creating a chocolate Sedar, with all the symbolic foods of Sedar made of chocolate, including a chocolate Sedar plate and even mention of chocolate in the Sedar service!
What are the health benefits of dark chocolate?
Dark chocolate is rich in minerals, such as iron, magnesium, and zinc. The cocoa in dark chocolate also contains antioxidants called flavonoids, which may provide several health benefits.
Why is it so hard to stop eating chocolate? Drexel scientist’s bittersweet research
An associate professor of nutrition sciences at Drexel University, noticed something you may have seen too: “People will say, ‘Oh, I love chocolate, if I eat one piece, I can’t stop.’ ” She partnered with a research biologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture to find out why. They designed a recently published study in which people ate chocolate, then filled out the same questionnaires used to measure responses to an addictive drug such as morphine.
CHEF ON A MISSION TO HELP CANCER PATIENTS RECONNECT WITH CHOCOLATE FLAVORS
The Michelin-starred Spanish pastry chef Jordi Roca suffers from a rare neurological disease that affects his voice and throat. It made him wonder: what if he totally lost his sense of taste? The he challenge faced by the chef was to help the patients reconnect with chocolate flavors they had lost, via “other aural, visual and tactile sensations,” he said.