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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 baking 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 baking 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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NESTLE CHOCOLATE: Nestle Chocolatier premium baking chocolate is the latest to join the ranks of the gourmet, more intense chocolates that reference the percentage of cacao (the higher it is, the more chocolate in each bite) as an indication of quality. 2 1/2 cups shredded unsweetened coconut 2 tablespoons whole-wheat pastry flour or almond meal 6 tablespoons maple syrup 1/2 teaspoon almond extract 1/8 teaspoon sea salt 1 egg white, whipped to stiff peaks 2 ounces semisweet baking chocolate Preheat oven to 350[degrees] F. A place where baking Chocolate Pecan Pie is good for business and team building can be a pleasure. |
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