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chocolate a medium-brown (milk chocolate) coat color of cats seen on the extremities of chocolate-pointed Siamese and Colorpoints and, uncommonly, as a variety of Burmese. chocolate A comestible prepared from ground and roasted beans of the cacao plant, Theobroma cacao, native to South America; it is composed of cocoa butter, a substance high in stearic acid, which is converted in vivo to oleic acid,
which may lower cholesterol;1⁄3 of cocoa butter is palmitic acid which ↑ cholesterol. See Chocolate craving, Cf Carob Drug slang A regional street term for opium; amphetamine; marijuana. Patient discussion about Baker's chocolate. Q. Is chocolate good for you? I heard chocolate is good for you, but how much should I eat? A. I just bumped into a few nice videos about the topic. check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7v_BdHbdOs&eurl=http://www.imedix.com/health_community/vT7v%5EBdHbdOs_can_chocolate_good?q=Is%20chocolate%20good%20for%20you?&feature=player_embedded Q. Is it possible to be addicted to chocolate? I love chocolate and eat at least a bar a day. Does this mean I am addicted to it? A. Here is an article I found about chocolaholics that you might like: http://www.chocolate.org/addiction.html and a movie about chocolaholics that might interest you: http://www.5min.com/Video/Chocoholic-on-a-Diet-30427447 Q. What is good about having chocolate and what is bad as I heard it effects to our joints…? Hi, I am a chocolate lover and wanted to know what is good about having chocolate and what is bad as I heard it effects to our joints….? A. i love chocolate. i especially like dark, concentrated chocolates. so i looked it up to find some medical info about it. i encountered this article in pubmed: Read more or ask a question about Baker's chocolatehttp://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/121490920/PDFSTART i'm not sure you'll have access to it but it generally gives a list of beneficial virtues of chocolate- increase cell survival and such . but all this experiments done on rats and with a great amount of chocolate. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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1 ounce baker's chocolate, melted 1/2 cup strong coffee or use grain coffee substitute (available in natural foods stores) 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 teaspoon coffee extract 1/3 cup vegan chocolate chips Butler joined General Foods in 1987 as an Assistant Product Manager on Baker's Chocolate and Coconut. Chocolate Decadence offers an incredible variety of candy bars, brownies, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate-covered cherries, baker's chocolate, and other treats, all of which are vegan. |
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