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Thursday, November 27, 2008
2 Chocolate Myths Part 2: Find Out The Truth About Chocolate While Exploring 2 Major Chocolate Myths.
Chocolate.
Wouldn't it be nice to discover that chocolate is actually good for you?
Let's explore the truth about chocolate on our way to exposing the chocolate myths. Such myths include the following about chocolate…
1. Chocolate is bad for people to consume.
2. Eating chocolate will make you gain weight.
3. Caffeine is a huge ingredient in chocolate
4. Only serve chocolate for desert.
5. Diabetics cannot eat chocolate
6. Chocolate gives you cavities
7. Major skin problems, like acne, result from eating chocolate
There are the major myths in a nutshell. Let's start breaking each of them down and see where we end up.
MYTH #3: Caffeine is a huge ingredient in chocolate.
The truth is that chocolate does indeed contain caffeine. However the level of caffeine in an ordinary soft drink is much higher than what you will find in chocolate.
There is however theobromine in chocolate.
What is theobromine?
Theobromine is a bitter alkaloid C7H8N4O2 closely related to caffeine that occurs especially in cacao beans and has stimulant and diuretic properties.
Theobromine has many benefits as opposed to caffeine including…
* stimulates the heart
* relaxes smooth muscle
* dilates blood vessels
* used to treat high blood pressure
* used to tread hardening of the arteries
Thus we can conclude that Theobromine is actually good for you to consume as compared to related substances such as caffeine.
MYTH #4: Only serve chocolate for desert.
While chocolate is indeed good as desert leaving it only in that category is indeed a grave mistake.
Here are just some ideas I found online for non-desert related chocolate recipes.
* Pepper-Crusted Beef Tenderloin with Chocolate-Port Sauce
* Chocolate Caramel Nut Salad
* Chocolate Chicken
Clearly chocolate doesn't just need to mean desert, especially if you think of the traditional hot chocolate drinks that are available for people to drink.
Yet two more chocolate myths exposed as we learn the truth about chocolate.
