Re: eating habits: chocolate

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/24/2006 8:42:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

oaks_ward@... writes:

I've found that having a couple of squares of good chocolate as

a bedtime snack doesn't raise my AM readings (of course I don't

wake up to check after 2 hours!) & makes me fall asleep right

away...

Hi Barb,

The former owner of this group would read the emails at night. When she got

ready to read emails, she would get 25 chocolate chips to eat. That was her

treat every night.

hugs

Eunice

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/24/2006 8:42:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

oaks_ward@... writes:

I've found that having a couple of squares of good chocolate as

a bedtime snack doesn't raise my AM readings (of course I don't

wake up to check after 2 hours!) & makes me fall asleep right

away...

Hi Barb,

The former owner of this group would read the emails at night. When she got

ready to read emails, she would get 25 chocolate chips to eat. That was her

treat every night.

hugs

Eunice

[Guest guest]

When I was out of control, I felt sick all the time & didn't

even want chocolate any more. Now I'm on a better level, feel

good & think more about having a treat.

I've found that having a couple of squares of good chocolate as

a bedtime snack doesn't raise my AM readings (of course I don't

wake up to check after 2 hours!) & makes me fall asleep right

away...

Barb, T2 in MI

Barbara Ward

Macomb County, Michigan

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[Guest guest]

One of the Morning news segments this morning... Today or GMA or FOX I don't

remember which... spoke on the issue of High Quality Chocolate/ Cocoa

consumption and a study of men over a 15 yr period. (not diabetes related....but

still of interest) The study was out of Holland and showed benefits of

Moderate to High Consumption of chocolate/ Cocoa. Of course thats not talking

Bon bons with the fillings... the flip side of course is that taking the FATS

and SUGARS into account... can be a negative.... but the overall view seems to

support our sweet tooth.

Just thought I would pass it on for a grin or such...

Tina Krause wrote:

I love Chocolate... The real kind actually spikes me less even. But

I find being Female, Chocolate helps calm some of my PMS

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[Guest guest]

One of the Morning news segments this morning... Today or GMA or FOX I don't

remember which... spoke on the issue of High Quality Chocolate/ Cocoa

consumption and a study of men over a 15 yr period. (not diabetes related....but

still of interest) The study was out of Holland and showed benefits of

Moderate to High Consumption of chocolate/ Cocoa. Of course thats not talking

Bon bons with the fillings... the flip side of course is that taking the FATS

and SUGARS into account... can be a negative.... but the overall view seems to

support our sweet tooth.

Just thought I would pass it on for a grin or such...

Tina Krause wrote:

I love Chocolate... The real kind actually spikes me less even. But

I find being Female, Chocolate helps calm some of my PMS

---------------------------------

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[Guest guest]

One of the Morning news segments this morning... Today or GMA or FOX I don't

remember which... spoke on the issue of High Quality Chocolate/ Cocoa

consumption and a study of men over a 15 yr period. (not diabetes related....but

still of interest) The study was out of Holland and showed benefits of

Moderate to High Consumption of chocolate/ Cocoa. Of course thats not talking

Bon bons with the fillings... the flip side of course is that taking the FATS

and SUGARS into account... can be a negative.... but the overall view seems to

support our sweet tooth.

Just thought I would pass it on for a grin or such...

Tina Krause wrote:

I love Chocolate... The real kind actually spikes me less even. But

I find being Female, Chocolate helps calm some of my PMS

---------------------------------

Yahoo! Mail

Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

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In a message dated 2/28/2006 9:11:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

kybirderlady@... writes:

Today or GMA or FOX I don't remember which... spoke on the issue of High

Quality Chocolate/ Cocoa consumption and a study of men over a 15 yr period.

(not diabetes related....but still of interest)

Hi,

I read an interesting article about the dark chocolate the other day.

I eat a small piece of dark chocolate every day. Now, I'm headed to the

kitchen to get my chocolate. LOL

hugs

Eunice

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/28/2006 9:11:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

kybirderlady@... writes:

Today or GMA or FOX I don't remember which... spoke on the issue of High

Quality Chocolate/ Cocoa consumption and a study of men over a 15 yr period.

(not diabetes related....but still of interest)

Hi,

I read an interesting article about the dark chocolate the other day.

I eat a small piece of dark chocolate every day. Now, I'm headed to the

kitchen to get my chocolate. LOL

hugs

Eunice

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/28/2006 9:11:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

kybirderlady@... writes:

Today or GMA or FOX I don't remember which... spoke on the issue of High

Quality Chocolate/ Cocoa consumption and a study of men over a 15 yr period.

(not diabetes related....but still of interest)

Hi,

I read an interesting article about the dark chocolate the other day.

I eat a small piece of dark chocolate every day. Now, I'm headed to the

kitchen to get my chocolate. LOL

hugs

Eunice

[Guest guest]

Though the news and media are focused on the flavanoids provided by chocolate,

they fail to mention the hi magnesium content.....which is surely also playing a

role here.

You might want to do a search on magnesium and chocolate......chocolate is

considered to be one of the highest sources of magnesium in food. (some say THE

highest source, depending on what kind of chocolate) and many doctors suggest

that if you have chocolate cravings, you should consider magnesium deficiency.

Both the cravings (and also sypmtoms of PMS), decrease when magnesium levels

are raised in a deficient body. The food industry is trying maximize on the

recent studies done, but the added fats and calories might negate the benefits

if too much chocolate is eaten......especially if added to foods like chocolate

milk etc. Here's an example of what is being found in relation to magnesium:

Ability of a cocoa product to correct chronic Mg deficiency in rats.

In animal fed the cocoa-supplemented diet (D + CC) significant improvements were

found between days 35 and 56 in the alterations in Mg, Ca and P caused by Mg

deficiency in all tissues studied. On day 56, kidney and bone concentrations of

Mg and Ca had returned to normal. Our findings show that the habitual use of the

cocoa product as a dietary supplement favors correction of the negative effects

of long-term feeding with a diet moderately deficient in Mg.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstra\

ct & list_uids=10052022 & query_hl=1 & itool=pubmed_docsum

French RN, LPHA

cfrench180@...

International Medical Veritas Association

http://imva.info/

Diabetics International Foundation

http://members.tripod.com/diabetics_world/

Re: eating habits: chocolate

spoke on the issue of High Quality Chocolate/ Cocoa consumption and a study of

men over a 15 yr period. (not diabetes related....but still of interest) The

study was out of Holland and showed benefits of Moderate to High Consumption of

chocolate/ Cocoa.

a..

[Guest guest]

Though the news and media are focused on the flavanoids provided by chocolate,

they fail to mention the hi magnesium content.....which is surely also playing a

role here.

You might want to do a search on magnesium and chocolate......chocolate is

considered to be one of the highest sources of magnesium in food. (some say THE

highest source, depending on what kind of chocolate) and many doctors suggest

that if you have chocolate cravings, you should consider magnesium deficiency.

Both the cravings (and also sypmtoms of PMS), decrease when magnesium levels

are raised in a deficient body. The food industry is trying maximize on the

recent studies done, but the added fats and calories might negate the benefits

if too much chocolate is eaten......especially if added to foods like chocolate

milk etc. Here's an example of what is being found in relation to magnesium:

Ability of a cocoa product to correct chronic Mg deficiency in rats.

In animal fed the cocoa-supplemented diet (D + CC) significant improvements were

found between days 35 and 56 in the alterations in Mg, Ca and P caused by Mg

deficiency in all tissues studied. On day 56, kidney and bone concentrations of

Mg and Ca had returned to normal. Our findings show that the habitual use of the

cocoa product as a dietary supplement favors correction of the negative effects

of long-term feeding with a diet moderately deficient in Mg.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstra\

ct & list_uids=10052022 & query_hl=1 & itool=pubmed_docsum

French RN, LPHA

cfrench180@...

International Medical Veritas Association

http://imva.info/

Diabetics International Foundation

http://members.tripod.com/diabetics_world/

Re: eating habits: chocolate

spoke on the issue of High Quality Chocolate/ Cocoa consumption and a study of

men over a 15 yr period. (not diabetes related....but still of interest) The

study was out of Holland and showed benefits of Moderate to High Consumption of

chocolate/ Cocoa.

a..

[Guest guest]

Though the news and media are focused on the flavanoids provided by chocolate,

they fail to mention the hi magnesium content.....which is surely also playing a

role here.

You might want to do a search on magnesium and chocolate......chocolate is

considered to be one of the highest sources of magnesium in food. (some say THE

highest source, depending on what kind of chocolate) and many doctors suggest

that if you have chocolate cravings, you should consider magnesium deficiency.

Both the cravings (and also sypmtoms of PMS), decrease when magnesium levels

are raised in a deficient body. The food industry is trying maximize on the

recent studies done, but the added fats and calories might negate the benefits

if too much chocolate is eaten......especially if added to foods like chocolate

milk etc. Here's an example of what is being found in relation to magnesium:

Ability of a cocoa product to correct chronic Mg deficiency in rats.

In animal fed the cocoa-supplemented diet (D + CC) significant improvements were

found between days 35 and 56 in the alterations in Mg, Ca and P caused by Mg

deficiency in all tissues studied. On day 56, kidney and bone concentrations of

Mg and Ca had returned to normal. Our findings show that the habitual use of the

cocoa product as a dietary supplement favors correction of the negative effects

of long-term feeding with a diet moderately deficient in Mg.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstra\

ct & list_uids=10052022 & query_hl=1 & itool=pubmed_docsum

French RN, LPHA

cfrench180@...

International Medical Veritas Association

http://imva.info/

Diabetics International Foundation

http://members.tripod.com/diabetics_world/

Re: eating habits: chocolate

spoke on the issue of High Quality Chocolate/ Cocoa consumption and a study of

men over a 15 yr period. (not diabetes related....but still of interest) The

study was out of Holland and showed benefits of Moderate to High Consumption of

chocolate/ Cocoa.

a..