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Highly qualified and experienced JMAM board members have concluded that
chocolate consumption carries certain risks.
JMAM assumes no responsibility for any adverse effects associated with
chocolate consumption promoted by this site.
Young children should be supervised by an adult when consuming chocolate.
One should never
operate complicated equipment without the JMAM recommended daily quotient
of chocolate.
Do not interfere, pregnant women will know when they have consumed the
necessary quantity of chocolate.
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Chocolate Morsels:
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Chocolate is addictive!
Now here's where we must
answer the question very carefully and truthfully. After all, everyone
knows you can't eat just one M & M!! Chocolate (the cacao) does contain
"stimulants": theobromine & caffeine. Theobromine is a mild stimulant that
occurs naturally in many plants, including cocoa, tea and coffee.
Theobromine is similar to caffeine except it stimulates the nervous system
about 10 times less. And caffeine, as many coffee drinkers will attest to,
is mildly addictive. Researchers have reported that cacao consumption
stimulates a mild "marijuana like" effect. It is however a harmless
euphoria and does in fact help to reduce stress. The amount of caffeine in
an ounce of milk chocolate is about the same as that found in a cup of
decaffeinated coffee. You would have to eat more than a dozen Hershey
bars, for example, to get the amount of caffeine in one cup of coffee.
(You know, that's not such a bad idea, is it?) Here's a statistic for you:
According to Pat Kendall, PhD, a Food Science and Nutrition Specialist at
Colorado State University "Chocolate is the most commonly craved food
in North America - 40% of American women and 15% of American men are
"chocoholics" ' (reported on 5/3/2000)
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Other chocolate sites.
Click on these links to
access the articles indicated.
The Chocolate Scoop"
Articles and recipes.
Includes The 12 Step Program for card carrying chocoholics.
"Chocolate Hearts"
"Yummy & Good Medicine"
A (March 2000) scientific article from Science News that reports
research that chocolate can reduce risk of cardiovascular disease.
"History of Chocolate"
An excellent history. (1) Chocolate Through
The Ages (2) Swiss Chocolate Pioneers (3) From Bean to Chocolate (4) The
Manufacture of Chocolate (5) Chocolate composition (chemistry, etc).
"Chocolate Lovers Recipe Collection"
Nice selection of 29
recipes (from Boston Cream Pie to Texas Brownies) for the chocoholic.
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Important to the global economy.
In 1728 a large
company reported selling 3,800 tons of cacao nibs. About 1900 the industry
was selling about 100,000 tons. By the mid 1990's production was over
2,500,000 tons. The largest consuming country in the world is, no
surprise, the United States. Then it's: Western Europe, Russia [it must go
great with Vodka], and Japan. However, the statistics can be a little
misleading because of population. If you look at chocolate consumption on
a "per capita" basis, the undisputed leader is Switzerland, followed by
the Brits [from Britain, naturally]. However the leaders in drinking
the stuff are the Norwegians and then the Austrians.
...................Chocolate is truly "international"!
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