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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 11:53 AM
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The New Superfoods - Apples, Cinnamon and even CHOCOLATE!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9711645/site/newsweek/

"Chocolate. Perhaps the best news is that dark chocolate (but not milk chocolate) is now a super-food. "It's not just the antioxidants that make it healthy," says Pratt. Dark chocolate contains substances similar to the heart-healthy compounds in green tea."

A little "fluff" here and there is good for the collective soul of DU now and again, right? And, of course so is a little dark chocolate. :P
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Coastie for Truth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 11:58 AM
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1. At first I thought it was a joke
because the original work was reported by a professor at (Milton) Hershy Medical School (Penn State's Med School) - the school was a bequest from the trust fund established by chcolate company founder Milton Hershey.

Cinnamon is an old Northern India-Pakistani-Kashmiri folk remedy that seems to lower cholesterol and reduce the "insulin resistance" that characterizes Type 2 diabetes.
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Frustratedlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:08 PM
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2. Anyone know why
it is illegal to have even a grain of nutmeg in Saudi?
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:14 PM
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3. no, spill
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teknomanzer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:15 PM
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4. Nutmeg in large doses is hallucinagenic...
Perhaps that is one reason.
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Frustratedlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:26 PM
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5. Hmmmmm!
I'll have to watch my behavior when I eat a piece of custard pie. :9 Thanks!
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nookiemonster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 06:40 PM
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32. Psssst. Ya wanna score some 'meg?
You're not a cop, are ya? I'm...um..um..just holding it for a friend.

:silly:
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AndreaCG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 01:58 PM
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23. I have read about prisoners
ordering nutmeg and using it to get high.
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:30 PM
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8. Interesting. Though there is a tribe that drinks a chocolate derivative
and are in excellent health, in spite of many other dietary no no's. This tribe is free of cancer, heart disease and many other ills.
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morningglory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 05:03 PM
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29. Healthy, but with lots of zits? n/t (just kidding)
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 07:12 PM
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33. Ewwwww, not worth it!
;)
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:28 PM
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6. Apple sauce w/ cinnamon??

Reminds me I just bought some. Guess I'll go eat some superfood.

(Still like milk chocolate better than dark tho!)
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:31 PM
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9. And, apple pie can lower blood sugar!
;)
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:29 PM
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7. I have taken to buying 70% or 86% dark chocolate
and having a little bite each day. A bar lasts me a week or two. But OH, what a delightful daily indulgence. Yummmmmmmmmmm.
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:31 PM
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10. Isn't it grand.
:)
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:36 PM
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11. Coffee contains more antioxidants than green tea
Recent studies indicate coffee is surprisingly good for you in a lot of ways, most of them related to caffeine compounds - just like tea and dark chocolate.

Another surprise (to me): pomegranates are an outstanding source of antioxidants. Like oranges, blueberries, kiwis, strawberries...I'm guessing the rule of thumb should be, the tangier the fruit, the more antioxidants it provides.
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:40 PM
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13. Interesting. I wonder if DECAF is also beneficial.
I imagine so?

Thanks for the info. I drink load of "fee."
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 01:30 PM
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17. Apparently so
Both regular and decaf contain the same amount of antioxidants, and studies show both help protect against diabetes and certain cancers:

http://my.webmd.com/content/article/100/105867?src=RSS_PUBLIC

http://www.healthcastle.com/coffee.shtml
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BuddhaGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 05:59 PM
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31. usually the most colorful fruits have the highest antioxidants
as well.
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:40 PM
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12. It's very hard to find dark chocolate M&Ms
Edited on Sat Oct-22-05 12:40 PM by IMModerate
Just sayin'

--IMM
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:41 PM
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14. Oooooooooh, they have dark chocolate M&M's?
:P
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 01:31 PM
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18. Yes, but try to find them!
Haven't seen them in S Florida. I saw one bag(!) in a supermarket in N Corolina.

--IMM
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Hong Kong Cavalier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 01:46 PM
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21. Check the baking section of your supermarket
They'll have semi-sweet M&M Minis, although they'll say they're for baking.
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 02:15 PM
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25. Thanks, I'll try it.
Hope I don't get caught.

--IMM
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Hong Kong Cavalier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 03:41 PM
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26. Keep your head down, 'cause
The National Baking Supply Misuse Committee, or NBSMC (under Homeland Security, of course) patrols the baking isles to make sure that nobody buys those bags of mini M&M's or mini Hershey Kissess for immediate consumption.

And all kidding aside, they might be a little bit more expensive. Maybe fifty cents or so...
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:44 PM
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15. My dad is 81, and he has had Type II dabetes since I remember
He eats his desert every day, a small square of dark chocoloate... the actual dose recommended by this study, and his heart is doing fairly well... I smile when I see this... he was told by a doc many, MANY years ago to do that... a Mexican doc who also used some of the ancient Aztec remedies before the new gen drugs came to be.

I'll have to look for a book I own written by the Padres, in the 16th century, on the medicinal plants of Mexico... I used it for my thesis and it is in storage right now
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Coastie for Truth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:53 PM
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16. My docs disagree with each other on chocolate and cinnamon
My internist (a lunsman) says they do no good.

My cardiologist (a Punjabi, with beard, turban, mini-sword tie bar, bracelet) says that unsweetened, milk fat free chocolate, and cinnamon are old Indian remedies, and "they can't hurt."
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 01:42 PM
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19. Well I am haiving cinammon iwth my latte
thsee days... can't hurt and it makes it taste good.

;-)
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 01:45 PM
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20. YES! I love dark chocolate!!
Now I can indulge without guilt, heck, I can even say here's to my health. :P
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barbaraann Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 01:50 PM
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22. Chocolate and slavery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_and_slavery
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AndreaCG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 02:02 PM
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24. The article says fair trade chocolate is available
Mostly health food products I believe.
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 07:16 PM
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36. Thanks.
It's very good to be mindful of this and choose our chocolate accordingly.
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 04:00 PM
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27. my husband will testify on the cinnamon/blood sugar issue.
He is practically a missionary on the subject.

As a type II diabetic, he measures his blood sugar several times a day, and the cinnamon has helped him a lot.

He has met a couple of insulin dependent diabetics with brittle tendencies who have had very good results with cinnamon..blood sugar much more level and stable.

now chocolate too!!!

Rock ON!!!
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chaska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 04:15 PM
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28. Has anyone tried these new dark chocolate Almond Joys?
Not a Mounds, mind you....

OMG.....

drool.....
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 07:14 PM
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34. Man, that sounds downright naughty.
It's painful to know they exist. ;)
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DemExpat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 05:48 PM
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30. I finally have learned to not over-indulge in chocolate.
Every day I enjoy one or two squares of organic dark orange-flavored chocolate. It really is very delicious and gives me the pleasure and the "fix" of "sinful" chocolate.

I do believe that in this manner it really is a health food.

:toast:

DemEx
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 07:15 PM
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35. Sounds marvelous.
:P
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