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15 you need to know about … chocolate: dazzle those around you with talk of the brown stuff - Trivia - Brief Article

Men's Fitness, Feb, 2004

>> Chocolate contains compounds called tetrahydro-beta-cabolines--the same addictive. crave-including compounds believed to trigger alcoholism.

>> Chocolate is old-school Viagra. Montezuma reputedly chugged a cup of chocolate before entering his harem, while Casanova called chocolate the "elixir of love" and drank it instead of champagne.

>> A 11/2-ounce square of chocolate may have as many cancer-fighting antioxidants as a five-ounce glass of red wine.

>> The higher the quality of the chocolate, the louder it should snap when you break it.

>> The ancient Mayans used chocolate as money.

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>> The word chocolate comes from two ancient Indian words meaning "bitter water."

>> The blood in the infamous shower scene of Hitchcock's Psycho was chocolate syrup.

>> You should bait mousetraps with chocolate, not cheese. European researchers found that mice are more attracted to cocoa than cheddar.

>> It's a fact. Chocolate does not cause ache.

>> The average American man consumes 11.6 pounds of chocolate each year, half the amount Swiss guys take in.

>> In a study of 7,800 men, researchers at Harvard University found that men who eat

chocolate a few times a month live significantly longer than guys who rarely eat chocolate.

>> Eating chocolate may help to strengthen your immune system, making your body more resistant to cold and flu bugs.

>> High cholesterol? Chocolate can help. It's high in a type of fiber called lignin, which can help to keep bad: LDL levels under control.

>> Seventy percent of the world's chocolate comes from just three places: Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Indonesia.

>> Dark chocolate is the healthiest, with the most nutrients and fewest calories. Milk chocolate is the least healthy and the highest in total calories.

15 you need to know about … chocolate: dazzle those around you with talk of the brown stuff - Trivia - Brief Article

Men's Fitness, Feb, 2004

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