Did you know chocolate is good for you?
Chocolate is almost a superfood, it's really good for you. But sugar kills.
So what's a guy to do? Here's what I did, Trader Joes has a pound dark chocolate bar for $5.99, which is a steal. It's supposedly 85%, but it I suspect the real number is 70-75% chocolate. I got 2 bars of Bakers unsweetened baking chocolate and melted them with the TJ bar. I add a scant tblsp of SugarRX, which is an artificial sweetener. I almost always use the hazelnut flavor. After everything was mixed, I lined an 11 inch pan with aluminum foil, and chilled it. The result was delicious, despite being about 90% chocolate, it wasn't bitter, and the liquid sweetener made the bars soft, melt in your mouth. At my grocery store, a bottle is 7 bucks, on the internet, it's close to twice that. Shouldn't be hard to find. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...cbf386a83a.jpg |
White chocolate peanut butter cups or nothing.
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Originally Posted by SW84
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White chocolate peanut butter cups or nothing. |
I identify it as chocolate so it is.
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Yeah, I've known this for quite a while. ZOE Nutrition very recently commented on this, but I haven't read the full article yet. I think they said dark chocolate above 70% counts as one of your 30 per week healthy plants. Our Supermarket sells a high quality organic 75% chocolate bar with added ginger and turmeric, which tastes great.
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Chocolate is kinda like coffee. If you enjoy either more because the latest study indicates it's healthy to consume, better enjoy it this week. 'Cause another study is coming out next week with the opposite conclusion.
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Originally Posted by pdlamb
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Chocolate is kinda like coffee. If you enjoy either more because the latest study indicates it's healthy to consume, better enjoy it this week. 'Cause another study is coming out next week with the opposite conclusion. |
Yeah, no. White chocolate is made from the fat extracted from cocoa beans but without some manufacturing steps. So it is chocolate.
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If any of you subscribe to Consumer Reports they did quite a job on analyzing dark chocolate. Turns out some of them, like Hershey's Special Dark contain significant quantities of lead.
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I eat regular Cadbury Milk Chocolate bar as a snack almost daily, good enough for me. Yes I know it has more sugar than dark chocolate, but so what ?..I also bring chocolate milk on my bike rides.
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Originally Posted by dmanthree
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Yeah, no. White chocolate is made from the fat extracted from cocoa beans but without some manufacturing steps. So it is chocolate. |
Originally Posted by dmanthree
(Post 23061132)
If any of you subscribe to Consumer Reports they did quite a job on analyzing dark chocolate. Turns out some of them, like Hershey's Special Dark contain significant quantities of lead.
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https://www.yuengling.com/our-beer/y...colate-porter/ Beer is good chocolate is good great combination. I have for years ate snickers bars and drank beer together.
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:eek:
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Beer goes with everything, i have it with icecream, pies, burgers, cakes, spegeiiteh (no idea how to spell that).
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Originally Posted by dmanthree
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If any of you subscribe to Consumer Reports they did quite a job on analyzing dark chocolate. Turns out some of them, like Hershey's Special Dark contain significant quantities of lead.
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Moderation is the key to any indulgence. Coffee , chocolate, or others.
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Originally Posted by jadmt
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https://www.yuengling.com/our-beer/y...colate-porter/ Beer is good chocolate is good great combination. I have for years ate snickers bars and drank beer together.
Only sold during holiday season - It doesn't keep well, so drink it while you can :~) |
Originally Posted by mixteup
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This !
Only sold during holiday season - It doesn't keep well, so drink it while you can :~) |
Originally Posted by Kabuki12
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Moderation is the key to any indulgence. Coffee , chocolate, or others.
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I'm curious what the government says about chocolate, because they're here to help. 😉
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Originally Posted by late
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Chocolate is almost a superfood, it's really good for you. But sugar kills.
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Originally Posted by wolfchild
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I wouldn't go so far as to call chocolate a superfood, there are no superfoods out there, everything is just food...Chocolate is more of an exotic treat, eat it for pleasure...I enjoy chocolate for it's taste, I don't eat chocolate because I think that it will turn me into superhuman....As for sugar killing people, not really. Excessive sugar consumption is harmful, but using sugar in a smart responsible way isn't all that bad. Remember that every type of carbohydrate which you consume turns into sugar inside your body. If sugar was so deadly we would all become extinct. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/w...-benefits.html |
Originally Posted by rsbob
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and cadmium. Most dark chocolate in the market contain heavy metals. Read up on your faves to see if they are on ‘the list’.
so it's hard to know which brand is "better". It's also hard to know whether the levels of lead and cadmium outweigh the benefits of dark chocolate. For older people, the risks are probably less than for children or for women of reproductive age.. |
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