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darin
03-27-2012, 12:55 PM
:) Hot.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57405100-10391704/eating-lots-of-chocolate-helps-people-stay-thin-study-finds/




The researchers found that the participants - who were an average age of 57 - ate chocolate for an average of twice of week and exercised roughly 3.5 times per week. But the more frequent chocolate-eaters had smaller BMIs, a ratio of height and weight that's used to measure obesity.

What explains the effect? Even though chocolate can be loaded with calories, it's full of antioxidants and other ingredients that may promote weight loss, the researchers said.
"I was pretty happy with this news myself," study author Dr. Beatrice Golomb, associate professor of medicine at the University of California-San Diego, told USA Today (http://yourlife.usatoday.com/fitness-food/story/2012-03-26/Chocolate-lovers-are-thinner-study-says/53790622/1). "Findings show the composition of calories, not just the number of them, matters for determining ultimate weight."

sundaydriver
03-27-2012, 08:25 PM
So when I stopped here on the way home it wasn't a bad thing?

http://www.chocolatesonbroadway.com/

This store ( a former 1930's soda fountain)is seasonal and only open during cool weather and closes for the summer a few weeks after Easter.

The Monday after Easter the half price sale starts until they are sold out then close. I have $50 stashed for that!

Shadow
03-27-2012, 09:10 PM
:) Hot.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57405100-10391704/eating-lots-of-chocolate-helps-people-stay-thin-study-finds/

Good because my stress factor has been way up at work for the last month...which also means I've been craving the M&M's like crazy. I'm now expecting to lose at LEAST 10 pounds by the EOM. :thumb:

SassyLady
03-28-2012, 01:54 AM
They lie .... I've been on a chocolate only diet and while my mood was greatttttt, my butt got bigger and my pants got tighter and then my mood went to hell.

:slap:

Solution? I bought bigger pants.....not giving up my chocolate!!!

logroller
03-28-2012, 03:23 AM
^ Chocolate-only diet :thumb: I was thinking the same thing. Moderation is not one of my stronger attributes; right there with finishing what I star...:laugh: