Guest guest Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 cocoa-beans are one of the best anti-oxidants there is, so I guess the good effect come from that. Personally I eat 1 teaspoonful of coco-powder every morning. Are Are Simeon Thoresen arethore <arethore http://home.online.no/~arethore/ -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: Pa vegne av Sendt: 10. juni 2005 21:20 Til: Emne: RE: cocoa beans > > > On Behalf Of Cara Frank > Friday, June 10, 2005 12:27 PM > > Re: cocoa beans > > I think you are enjoying the caffeine buzz :-) [Jason] Although the amount in caffeine in chocolate is somewhat minimal...but if you are overally sensitive this may have an effect... I.e. One would have to eat a whole Bar to equal about 1 cup of green tea (30mg) and 3-5 bars to equal a cup of coffee (90-150mg). But there is theophylline and theobromine in chocolate which is said to relax the smooth muscles... I wonder if it does anything to the skeletal muscles??? Although, in general caffeine is relatively scarce in cocoa, its mainly because of theobromine that cocoa is " stimulating " . Anyway... happy eating... - > Cara > BTW: unsweetened baking chocolate has been around forever. There are some > differences between cocoa and fat content ( thus affecting meltability and > overall chocolateliness). Every year or so one of the food magazines- > gourmet, for example- rates chocolates. > > > > > > In my supermarket I found something offerred as a new > > item, Unsweetened Hershey's Chocolate, intended for > > baking. For the past several days I have been eating > > squares of the dark bitter food two or three times a > > day and experienced relief of some minor back pain, > > some enhancement of energy, and some lightness in the > > body generally. > > Have the Chinese already catalogued Chocolate in the > > Materia Medica? > > > > Carl Ploss > > > > > > > > > > Discover > > Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! > > http://discover./mobile.html > > > > > > > > > > Chinese Herbal Medicine offers various professional services, including > board > > approved continuing education classes, an annual conference and a free > > discussion forum in Chinese Herbal Medicine. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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