Comment by Beth Nel on 2007-02-16 00:56:44
"I've never been a chocolate fan - I always felt guilty about eating this supposedly "fattening", much-loved food. Apart from that I simply didn't like the overwhelming sweetness of most chocolates available. Well - not any more! Since I tasted Ilze's exquisite chocolates I'm a "newborn chocoholic". I wasn't satisfied with just one or two of these little wonders so after a little research I was delighted and relieved to find that chocolate is only figuratively "to die for".
Chocolates can be good for you. It contains antioxidants that help block the bad LDL cholesterol that clogs arteries. According to nutritionists at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, eating dark choc can actually help protect you against cancer and other diseases because of the catechins it contains.
Chocolate does contain caffeine, but even dark chocolates contains a tenth to a third of the caffeine found in coffee.
coffee toffeeSo is chocolate fattening? NOT in moderation. In Switzerland, where the consumption of chocolate is twice that of the United States, the obesity rate is half as high. So there's more to it than chocolates!
It's been said that if choc melts in your hands, you're eating it too slowly. Certainly true of ILZE'S CHOCOLAT - it will tempt not only the palate of the true connoisseur!
With love to all chocolate lovers!” |
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