On Apr 25, 8:24=A0pm, "trigonometry1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<trigonometry1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 25, 2:17=A0pm, Mark Thorson <nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > Bad news for chocolate. =A0Raises heart rate,
> > otherwise nothing. =A0 =A0:-(
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> > Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Apr;87(4):872-80.
> > A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized
> > trial of the effects of dark chocolate and cocoa
> > on variables associated with neuropsychological
> > functioning and cardiovascular health: clinical
> > findings from a sample of healthy, cognitively
> > intact older adults.
> > Crews WD Jr, Harrison DW, Wright JW.
> > Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
> > University, Blacksburg, VA 24506, USA.
>
> > BACKGROUND: In recent years, there has been
> > increased interest in the potential health-
> > related benefits of antioxidant- and
> > phytochemical-rich dark chocolate and cocoa.
>
> > OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to
> > examine the short-term (6 wk) effects of dark
> > chocolate and cocoa on variables associated
> > with neuropsychological functioning and
> > cardiovascular health in healthy older adults.
>
> > DESIGN: A double-blind, placebo-controlled,
> > fixed-dose, parallel-group clinical trial was
> > used. Participants (n =3D 101) were randomly
> > assigned to receive a 37-g dark chocolate bar
> > and 8 ounces (237 mL) of an artificially
> > sweetened cocoa beverage or similar placebo
> > products each day for 6 wk.
>
> > RESULTS: No significant group (dark chocolate
> > and cocoa or placebo)-by-trial (baseline,
> > midpoint, and end-of-treatment *****sments)
> > interactions were found for the
> > neuropsychological, hematological, or blood
> > pressure variables examined. In contrast, the
> > midpoint and end-of-treatment mean pulse rate
> > *****sments in the dark chocolate and cocoa
> > group were significantly higher than those
> > at baseline and significantly higher than
> > the midpoint and end-of-treatment rates in
> > the control group. Results of a follow-up
> > questionnaire item on the treatment products
> > that participants believed they had consumed
> > during the trial showed that more than half
> > of the participants in both groups correctly
> > identified the products that they had
> > ingested during the experiment.
>
> > CONCLUSIONS: This investigation failed to
> > sup****t the predicted beneficial effects
> > of short-term dark chocolate and cocoa
> > consumption on any of the neuropsychological
> > or cardiovascular health-related variables
> > included in this research. Consumption of
> > dark chocolate and cocoa was, however,
> > associated with significantly higher pulse
> > rates at 3- and 6-wk treatment *****sments.
If only poor ate chocolate, it would either be taxed
like tobacco or it would banned and its users
put away for 20 years at least in the great
State of Texas. Chocolate is a soft drug.
Just say No to chocolate.
It speeds the pulse.
It has weak aphordisiac.
It gives a sense of well being.
It contains those dangerous Advanced Gylcation Endproducts.
It alkaloids speed the death of the bone building cells.
It contains white sugar and often milk.
It is even known to contain the deadly peanut at times.
It is a foodstuff only suitable to college aged Democrats and the
Dutch.
Obama and McCain distributed chocolates when they
were younger in order to influence young women.
Were these youthful indiscretions on there parts?
Or where they benefiting from exploited workers of
the third world. TV network news re****ters want to know.
During the next election related debate, they will
ask this vital question.
Perhaps in the future Mark Thorson will ask
that chocolate, be made a prescription item.
Perhaps he will hope the research will prove it is suitable for
use in terminal cancer patients only.
And then only after a double blinded cross over study
following the patients unto the end life and provided no
deaths occur during the study should chocolate
products be permitted in the hands of the public by
the all knowing US-FDA..
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