Blogs Posts in chocolate Health category; 6 blog posts

Chocolate bar for lunch? Is this an ‘occupational hazard’?

You’re working late, and eating dinner from a vending machine yet again. An editorial in this month’s issue of the journal makes a case for thinking about unhealthy eating. As a new occupational health hazard. It highlights [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Is Expensive Chocolate Worth It?

There's chocolate, and then there's chocolate. Dark, pure, chocolate --with 60-70 percent cocoa -- is on the rapid rise for U.S. consumers in search of intense flavors. Chefs of all stripes seek out high quality bulk chocolate to [...]

Posted On : Nov, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Chocolates are good for health

The cocoa bean formally belongs to the genus Theobroma, or food of the gods. Not many mortals would disagree. And science now rewards their taste. Researchers are finding that consumption of cocoa-rich chocolate, loaded with classy antiox [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Chocolate: Food of the Gods?

If you are still delighting in your Valentine’s chocolate, not only should you not feel guilty about it, you should be grateful. At the Sacred Chocolate Factory in San Rafael, founder ‘Sacred Steve’ Adler refers to [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Dark chocolate better than fruit juice?

When researchers at the Hershey Center for Health & Nutrition compared antioxidants in dark chocolate to those in fruit juice powder, they found that the chocolate trumped the juice with more antioxidant capacity, and a greater total [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Chocolate may reduce risk in pregnancy

Research has found that women who regularly eat chocolate are less likely to suffer from pre-eclampsia, one of the most common causes of complications during pregnancy, The (London) Daily Telegraph reported. Pre-eclampsia can cause pregn [...]