6
Of The Best: Facts & Figures About Chocolate
 It's
healthy!
Chocolate
is good for you...
Recent research from Italy suggests that chocolate can lower blood pressure, neutralise free radicals and boost the body's ability to metabolise sugar. However scientists pointed out that the effects were only found in dark chocolate and warned that anyone seeking to boost their health through chocolate should make alterations in their diet to counter the additional calories.
Concentration
aid
Chocolate
helps you concentrate...
It contains a caffeine-like stimulant called theobromine and chocolate
can boost low blood-sugar levels. Also chocolate is a good source of chromium,
which helps to control blood sugar.
Gold
bars
It
boosts the economy...
Last year Britons spent £3 billion on half a million tonnes of chocolate.
It's
educational
Chocolate
has literary leanings...
Confectionary-inspired reading includes Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl, Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel and Chocolat
by Joanne Harris.
Eggstravagant!
Chocolate
eggs are cheaper than Fabergè...
The most expensive Easter egg wasn't made of chocolate. It was designed
by Peter Carl Fabergè in the 1800s.
It's always popular
Chocolate isn't going out of fashion
57% of UK children spend their weekly pocket money on chocolate and confectionary.
Sources: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2005, It'is good for you! www.thefoodweb.com,
www.childrens-heart-fed.org.uk Concentration aid http://surgeonnet.co.uk
Gold bars www.sweet-seductions.co.uk Eggstravagant! http://home.golden.net/~caitlin/eggs.htm
It's always popular Wall's Pocket Money Monitor 2000
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