chocolate
How the Chocolate Islands are rediscovering their roots
(Image credit: HBD Príncipe) São Tomé and Príncipe, once the biggest producer of chocolate in the world, is revitalising its chocolate trade. I It took me less than half an hour at Claudio Corallo’s chocolate factory in the sultry capital of São Tomé and Príncipe to realise that everything I’d ever known about chocolate was …
Ask SAM: Is winter break for WSFCS really three weeks? | Local News
Q: Is winter break for students in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools three full school weeks, Dec. 21 thru Jan. 8? This would be the longest winter break that I can ever remember. Answer: Brent Campbell, the chief marketing and communications officer for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, said the reader “is correct that the first day …
Heart-healthy ways to celebrate a memorable Valentine’s Day
ORLANDO, Fla. – Each year, 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate are sold to show your loved ones how much you care. Several studies have associated eating dark chocolate with a lower risk of heart disease. But that’s not the only thing you can do for your love’s heart. What are your plans for Valentine’s …
Does Chocolate Prevent Heart Attacks?
Will a chocolate bar a day keep heart attacks away? The candy industry keeps trying to convince us that chocolate is a health food by sponsoring and publicizing studies. One of the latest, in the medical journal Hypertension (July, 2005), shows that eating dark chocolate lowers high blood pressure. Jeffrey B. Blumberg, a professor of …
Still Think of Chocolate As Health Food?
This isn’t exactly news because it came to light several years ago, but chocolate isn’t the health food it was proclaimed to be, say, 5 or so years ago. Yet people still seem to think it is – so they eat it and tell themselves it’s good for them. Why they do that? Well, they …
Chocolate Cysts Are Anything But Sweet!
So, what are chocolate cysts and what is the treatment? Women in stage IV of endometriosis often suffer from this painful and prolific form of ovarian cysts that negatively affect the ability to get pregnant. Chocolate cysts are anything but sweet, and must be treated with care. Some ovarian cysts are a normal part of the …
‘Your health is very important,’ judge tells Montgomery cancer patient who begins prison term over THC-infused chocolate
A Montgomery cancer patient who ordered 42 pounds of THC-infused chocolate to his home in 2014 began serving his four-year prison sentence Friday, his attorney said. Thomas Franzen, 37, has been battling various forms of cancer since high school and was using drugs to self-medicate, defense attorney David Camic said. U.S. Postal workers noticed a …
