If you hadn't guessed, chocolate is one of my favourite things in the world. It is always a great comfort in times of stress and now I can satisfy my chocolate cravings and help the world at the same time by buying fairtrade chocolate such as Green and Blacks or Divine. Plus don't forget that some studies have now shown that plain chocolate helps lower blood cholesterol!
It's official - CHOCOLATE IS GOOD FOR YOU.
These chocolate truths have been posted on a couple of mailing lists I'm on, but I don't know who the originator is to credit them. Anyway, enjoy...

 

Chocolate Truths???

 

If you get melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too slowly.

Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want.

Problem: How to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the store in hot car.
Solution: Eat it in the parking lot.

Diet tip: Eat a chocolate bar before each meal. It'll take the edge off your appetite and you'll eat less.

A nice box of chocolates provide your total daily intake of calories in one place. Isn't that handy?

If you can't eat all your chocolate, it will keep in the freezer.
But if you can't eat all your chocolate, it may be a sign of a deeper problem.

If calories are an issue, store your chocolate on top of the fridge. Calories are afraid of heights and they will jump out of the chocolate to protect themselves.

Equal amounts of dark chocolate and white chocolate is a balanced diet.

Two phrases: Money talks. Chocolate sings.

The preservatives in chocolate make you look younger.

Q. Why is there no such organization as Chocoholics Anonymous?
A. Because no one wants to quit.

If not for chocolate, there would be no need for control top pantyhose. An entire garment industry would be devastated.

Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done.

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