Have you had a chocolate fix today? If not, here's some chocolate news to pass the time until you can get the real thing.
BBC -- A researcher has concluded that countries that have the highest chocolate consumption are more likely to produce Nobel Prize winners. Excerpt:
The study's author, Franz Messerli of Colombia University, started wondering about the power of chocolate after reading that cocoa was good for you.
One paper suggested regular cocoa intake led to improved mental function in elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment, a condition which is often a precursor to dementia, he recalls. ...
"When you correlate the two - the chocolate consumption with the number of Nobel prize laureates per capita - there is an incredibly close relationship," he says.
American shool kids do so poorly relative to other countries. Maybe all they need is a dose of chocolate.
Businessweek -- Cocoa demand rises. Supplies shrink. Link. Hmm. I wonder which way prices will go.
Wall Street Journal -- The New York Chocolate Show (Salon Du Chocolat) featured chocolate wine, chocolate bracelets, chocolate sculptures and bars made of wasabi, bacon, lemongrass and mint with prices up to $20 per bar. Link.
And finally, HuffingtonPost -- Chocolate as a religious experience. Link. Uh huh. Must have had some of that chocolate wine with communion.
Update: What is the optimal dose? Via.
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