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Happy National Chocolate Covered Anything Day, Everybody

Chris Greenhough — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:30:08 +0000

Yes, National Chocolate Covered Anything Day is a thing. Apparently, today’s the day where it is justified to slather everything – ANYTHING – in sweet, sweet chocolate.

Anyway, you might think this is the creation of some candy corporation, but let’s not be hasty here. This, after all, is a day with its own internet site, so it’s probably 100% true and completely valid. On said site, it is claimed National Chocolate Covered Anything Day enjoys a rich heritage, dating back over 150 years:

“The illustrious history of this gluttonous holiday dates back to the mid-1800’s. In the cold north of Minnesota, Swedish colonizers were rushing to settle in America after the Homestead Act of 1862. The ever innovative Swedes [...] had discovered a method for covering anything in chocolate that today we know as chocolate fondue.

So there you go. Hit the chocolate supplies and commence pour, spreading and drizzling over every edible thing in sight. Go forth, and cover the earth in chocolate.

And God bless Sweden and Minnesota and that other stuff mentioned above.

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The sweetness of chocolate for your health. It’s a good thing it seems.

Steven Hodson — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:09:49 +0000

Exercising can suck big time but for a growing number of people it is a necessary part of their daily routine. Now supposing they found out that small amounts of dark chocolate could be as good for them as all that exercising?

Well it turns out that scientists have found that could very well be the case and it all has to do with something called mitochondria, which apparently is the tiny powerhouse in our cells that generate energy. It also seems that a plant compound called epicatechin, which is found in chocolate, stimulates the same muscle responses as vigorous exercise.

Dr Moh Malek, from Wayne State University in Detroit, who led the US study on mice, said: ”Mitochondria produce energy which is used by the cells in the body. More mitochondria mean more energy is produced the more work can be performed.

”Aerobic exercise, such as running or cycling, is known to increase the number of mitochondria in muscle cells. Our study has found that epicatechin seems to bring about the same response – particularly in the heart and skeletal muscles.”

via Telegraph

In testing a specific type of epicatechin from cocoa was given to mice twice a day for fifteen days while they also underwent 30 minutes of treadmill exercise each day. Researchers found that mice that were only fed epicatechin had the same exercise performance as the mice that ran on the treadmill.

So there you have it. The next time someone gives you a dirty look the next time you are at a store buying up a load of chocolate bars tell them you are doing some heavy training.

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The sweetest iPhone you could ever want

Steven Hodson — Sun, 02 May 2010 03:31:01 +0000

Tired of just collecting brownie points then this is right up your alley. You sweetheart will probably forgive for just about anything when presented with one of these chocolaty iPhones.

And yes they are real chocolate icons packaged in a luxury iPhone looking box.

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Chocoholic’s hearts skip a beat

Steven Hodson — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:10:00 +0000

I’m not sure if this is what they meant with the old saying “eat your heart out”

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New Jersey Man Dies after Falling into Vat of Boiling Chocolate

Duncan Riley — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:49:24 +0000

A 22 year old factory worker has died after falling into a giant vat of boiling chocolate that was destined to end up in Hershey’s candy products.

Vincent Smith II, 29, was working on a platform near the vat of chocolate while it was being mixed and processed at a plant owned by Lyons and Sons in Camden, NJ, when he apparently got too close and fell in. Another worker nearby rushed to turn off the machine but Smith had already been hit by the mixing paddles in the tank and was submerged in the 120 degree chocolate. Firemen who responded to the 911 call pulled him out of the machine.

Smith was pronounced dead at the scene and an autopsy revealed his cause of death to be asphyxiation, or drowning.

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