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Just goes to show what I have maintained for years, your body lets you know what you need if you learn to listen. I eat whatever I have a craving for much to the chagrin of my wife. There have been so many reversals over the years as to "good for you" --- "bad for you", we probably get an unhealthy reaction from going on and off the stuff (eggs, coffee, you name it) just as we do with our meds. I kinda agree with Paul Harvey, too much of anything is bad for you (with an obvious exception)! Now, where did I stash that Snickers bar in my desk. Whoops, I've got just enough time to eat it before it's time for a smoke break. Only problem I've noticed is chocolate doesn't go too well with beer! > ---------- > From: Roger Buxton[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 1:55 PM > Subject: Antioxidants > > News cannot get much better than the following report which appeared in > the Globe and Mail newspaper on Friday August 6 1999. > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > GO-AHEAD, EAT THAT CHOCOLATE: DOCTORS NOW SAY IT'S GOOD FOR YOU > > Reuters News Agency, London > > > Feeling guilty about that chocolate snack? Well, don't. Researchers > have finally confirmed what the industry has said for years: chocolate > is a good source of the kind of antioxidants found in tea. > > A studied by Dutch doctors analyzed chocolate to quantify the amount of > catechins, from the family of flavonoids. > > Flavonoids are among the most powerful antioxidants, compounds that > protect against chemicals in the body, called free radicals, that damage > cells. > > Some scientists have said that because of the flavonoids in tea, > drinking one or more cups a day can reduce the risk of having a heart > attack. > > "Drinking a cup of tea and eating a chocolate cookie might be not only > enjoyable, but healthy as well," the doctors wrote in the medical > journal The Lancet, published today. > > The study was carried out by doctors from the Department of Chronic > Diseases and Epidemiology at the National Institute of Public Health and > Environment in Bilthoven with the support of the European Union > Commission. > > "The antioxidant content of chocolate is four times that of tea," they > wrote. > > They found that chocolate contributed 20 percent of the catechin intake > in a sample of the Dutch population while tea contributed 55 percent. > > And for real chocolate connoisseurs, the researchers looked into which > chocolate was better: dark or milk chocolate. > > Dark chocolate had the highest catechin content, milk chocolate had > less, but both had more than black tea, they said. > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > To which I say, "What? Only one cookie?" Now, all we need is Kathrynne's > blessing. Happy eating! > > > Roger Buxton CG for Judy Hazlett (49 / 29 dx) > > P.S. My apologies in case anyone else submitted this, but I was cut off > from PIENET over the past weekend. >