Love-Chocolate

A recent study which just appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association about chocolate lowering blood pressure. By a series of tests they proved that eating some dark chocolate can lower a persons blood pressure without having a diet change. German researchers divided 44 adults in half. They gave one half dark chocolate and one half white chocolate. The ones who had dark chocolate received a difference of 20 points. The people who had white chocolate did not get any. 

There is an ingredient in chocolate that works as a vasodilator, helping the blood vessels relax and become more flexible, and thus reducing the pressure inside. And surprisingly a little chocolate in this case goes a long way.

So take your chocolate to heart!

Sorry for not posting lately! Life has been pretty frazzled and I can't post pictures easily. I have some interesting posts coming up when I do in fact get the pictures set up.

How long do you remember having M&Ms…? Well pretty much every middle-class person has heard and tasted these candy covered chocolates. And most of you would recall then existing back when you were a child.

In fact, the whole idea for M&Ms came from melted chocolate. A few men decided to create a chocolate that that could melt in your mouth but not i your hands. They could not prevent meltage completely, but by constructing a tasty candy covering they  could help prevent it easily. When they were first created they mostly marketed to soldiers in the army (back in WW1 and 2), but when the war ended they shifted marketing to average citizens.

I find M&Ms delicious. I can't say they are my favorite chocolate candy but they do rank high in my mind. I find it a perfect end to a Holiday treat or a hot summer day. 

First of all, looking at the M&Ms, they are so cheerful that I find them hard not to pop in my mouth. I find the candy coating pretty good and I adore the satisfactory "CRUNCH" when I bight down on them. The chocolate is just an ordinary Hershey's chocolate but when combined together with the candy coating they are a smashing hit, for me anyways.

Here is a M&Ms commercial

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GqAAKEda21E

Well, after watching that, I find that I am dying to have some M&Ms at this very moment. 

Bye,

Alyssa 

The Hershey's Take5 is in fact American. It is made with chocolate, pretzels, caramel, peanuts, and peanut butter which are layered. It is positively smashing!!! The sweetness of the caramel is complimented by the "crunch" and salty goodness of the pretzels and peanuts. The package contains two pieces approximately 2 inches long and 1 inch wide.    

Recently for my birthday I got Japanese Chocolate Flavored Bubble Gum and I just had to blog about it.

I received both chocolate and white chocolate. It is packaged like a candy bar only thinner. The packaging is very eye pleasing and it made me excited to try it just by looking at it.

The Bubble Gum isn't exactly the taste a an average American chocolate candy bar, but close to the taste of Japanese chocolate. It has very few calories compared to the serving size so if you watch your calories it shouldn't disrupt your daily diet.

For people who love to chew gum (like me) this gum is a good choice. It makes huge bubbles, chews easily and doesn't make your mouth sour.

Have fun chewing gum and chocolate at the same time!

~Alyssa