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Author :: George Murray  |
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| Article Title :: History of Chocolate Gifts |
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| Chocolate has long been given as a gift, particularly as a gift of affection or passion.The forerunner to chocolate was the Aztec drink xocoatl, a mix of water, spices and ground cacao beans. Aztecs used the beans as a form of currency and for payment of tribute to their kings. An Indian Chief is said to have made a gift of a basket of cocoa beans to Christopher Columbus, although Columbus did not know what to do with the beans. Later, The Aztec King Montezuma presented Cortez and his conquistadors with gifts of cocoa beans. It is recorded that the Aztecs favored the beans above gold.In 1615 Spanish Princess Anna of Austria gave to her new husband, King Louis XIII, a gift of (read full article) |
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| Category :: Chocolate Articles |
Author :: Mike Yeager |
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| Article Title :: Candy, Chocolate And Gum: All Treats To Tickle Your Fancy! |
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| A delicious, mouth-watering piece of sweetened candy is a treat that tempts everyone. Whether it’s a spicy cinnamon candy a hard watermelon candy that just bursts with flavor as soon as it placed inside your mouth; candy is a treat that you enjoy and deserve.Soft candy, chewy candy, chocolate and fruit candy are all available today over the internet at great prices.Whether it’s chocolate, hard candy or mouth melting cotton candy, it’s hard to turn down a sweet treat. For an instant burst of energy just pop a smooth, sweet piece of chocolate into your mouth.Kids love the sour/sweet candy combination and who doesn’t enjoy munching on warm chocolate chip cookies (read full article) |
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| Category :: Chocolate Articles |
Author :: Kevin Doberstein |
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| Article Title :: Chocolate Splendor: Food For The Gods; Bodybuilding Nutrition |
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| A fictional overheard conversation at a Thelma’s Fine Dining.Hi, I’m your waitress, Flo. How are you two doing tonight? Just come from the gym? Whew, one of you needs a shower. Here’s our menu. Our specials include a 3lb cheeseburger with mega fries, a foot long chili dog that is deep-fried and covered with cheese. Or we have a this new health drink called Chocolate Splendor. What? How in the h#%l did that get in there?An after workout drink that provides bodybuilding nutrition for first rate growth.After putting your body through a grueling workout it demands bodybuilding nutrition. No this is not an advertisement. We found an easy, quick and reasonably priced (read full article) |
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| Category :: Chocolate Articles |
Author :: Nicholas Webb |
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| Article Title :: Chocolate For Heart Health - Fact or Fallacy? |
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| Wouldn’t it be wonderful if chocolate and heart health went hand in hand. However, there is so much information lately about the health benefits of chocolate that it is only natural that people get a little confused.
It is true, that if people only ate pure cocoa, then there might be heart health benefits. The problem is that most people eat unhealthy processed chocolate bars containing sugar, corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, dairy cream not to mention other “baddies” contained in some of those tasty fillings. Some of these added ingredients can clog up arteries and create havoc to your waistline and lead to obesity.
That said, you might be surprised to find out that chocolate (read full article) |
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Author :: Debra Lynn Dadd |
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| Article Title :: Choosing Healthy Chocolate |
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| Let's face it. We're all going to eat chocolate. But you don't have to feel
guilty! Chocolate is actually good for you...it's all the things added to it
that are the problem. Here's how you can choose delicious healthy
chocolates to enjoy anytime.Health BenefitsThe gift of chocolate to a beloved as a token of love is more than just
tradition. Naturally-occurring compounds in chocolate produce that mild
euphoria of being in love and contribute to enjoyable interpersonal
relations by elevating mood and enhancing sensory perception.Beyond good feelings, chocolate benefits the body in many ways. In
moderation, chocolate can contribute to heart health, help you live (read full article) |
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| Category :: Chocolate Articles |
Author :: Gerald Meyer |
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| Article Title :: Healthy Chocolate? |
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| It's great news that research found a food that lowers blood pressure and is healthy for the heart and maybe more. The problem is that the chocolate most Americans consume is not the same kind. The more popular kinds of chocolate have little or no positive effect on your health. Only certain chocolate may be healthy.Dark chocolate is the chocolate that was found to have positive effects on blood pressure. Participants given dark, milk, or white chocolate every day were evaluated in different studies. It turns out that dark chocolate contains important antioxidants called phenols. These natural compounds from the cocoa bean are known to increase nitric oxide, reduce platelet aggrega (read full article) |
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| Category :: Chocolate Articles |
Author :: Lance Winslow |
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| Article Title :: Read This Article if You Love Chocolate |
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| Greetings fellow Chocolate lover, I am here to tell you I have good news! No, I did not save a lot of money on my car insurance by switching to Gieko, as I already had Gieko in the first place. No, I am here to tell you that Chocolate is really good for you. That’s right, the dark chocolate type has some great new research showing that in fact it can help against diarrhea symptoms. This is because cocoa beans have flavonoids, a chemical in them that binds with a protein in the intestines that secretes fluid.Of course this wonderful finding was already known by Europeans in the sixteenth century, but since now scientists have proven this, it means we need to have plenty of dark ch (read full article) |
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| Category :: Chocolate Articles |
Author :: Lee Dobbins |
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| Article Title :: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Chocolate |
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| Chocolate, or the cocoa bean to be more exact was used by the Aztecs as early as the year 400 but it was Columbus who first introduced it to the new world when he brought it back to Spain. Chocolate as a drink was quite popular in Europe in the mid 1600's, but chocolate as a solid wasn't introduced until 1847. Thirty years later, milk was added to create milk chocolate and candy bars have been enjoyed world wide ever since!Making ChocolateIt is actually quite simple to make chocolate, but each maker has his own secret recipes. First off, the cocoa beans are roasted and ground up. Next you add sugar and the other ingredients (milk if you are making milk chocolate). Each maker (read full article) |
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| Category :: Chocolate Articles |
Author :: Lee Dobbins |
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| Article Title :: The History Of Chocolate |
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| Ever wonder how this favorite dessert and ingredient for baked goods came about? What about the famous chocolate chip?Our love of chocolate started back in 1828 when a dutch chemist Johannes Van Houten came up with a way of separating the fat (cocoa butter) from the ground cocoa beans. This provided cocoa powder which tasted a lot better than the whole bean. Soon enough people were coming up with ways to mix the powder with milk and make chocolate bars and the first bar (swiss of course) was sold in 1875.Chocolate comes from the cocoa bean. These seeds are found in pods that grow on the trunk and lower branches of the cacao tree. This tree is native to the Amazon and Brazil (read full article) |
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| Category :: Chocolate Articles |
Author :: Shalin Popat |
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| Article Title :: Can Chocolate Affect Your Sex Life? |
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| From the time the first coca beans were harvested by the Mayans, there has been the belief that chocolate has a euphoric impact on the body’s senses. The conquistadores saw the Emperor Montezuma of the Aztecs consuming a large quantity of cocoa in the form of a beverage called chocolatl before entering his harem. The invading Spaniards spread the Emperor’s belief that cocoa was an aphrodisiac and brought it to Europe. This belief was also shared by one of history’s most famous lovers, Giacomo Casanova.Since then, the use of chocolate as part of the mating ritual has been firmly established. . More recently it has been shown that not only does chocolate increase the sexual a (read full article) |
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