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Chocolate...yes!!!
Posted: May 25, 2006 2:42 pm
by Quiet and Shy
From Today's CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/05/24/ch ... index.html :
Study: Chocolate may boost brain power
Stimulating effects might increase mental performance
Thursday, May 25, 2006; Posted: 11:31 a.m. EDT (15:31 GMT)
HEALTH LIBRARY
"Chocolate contains many substances that act as stimulants, such as theobromine, phenethylamine, and caffeine," Dr. Bryan Raudenbush from Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia noted in comments to Reuters Health.
"These substances by themselves have previously been found to increase alertness and attention and what we have found is that by consuming chocolate you can get the stimulating effects, which then lead to increased mental performance."
To study the effects of various chocolate types on brain power, Raudenbush and colleagues had a group of volunteers consume, on four separate occasions, 85 grams of milk chocolate; 85 grams of dark chocolate; 85 grams of carob; and nothing (the control condition).
After a 15-minute digestive period, participants completed a variety of computer-based neuropsychological tests designed to assess cognitive performance including memory, attention span, reaction time, and problem solving.
"Composite scores for verbal and visual memory were significantly higher for milk chocolate than the other conditions," Raudenbush told Reuters. And consumption of milk and dark chocolate was associated with improved impulse control and reaction time.
Previous research has shown that some nutrients in food aid in glucose release and increased blood flow, which may augment cognitive performance. The current findings, said Raudenbush, "provide support for nutrient release via chocolate consumption to enhance cognitive performance."
Posted: May 25, 2006 2:49 pm
by LIPH
No wonder I'm so smart
Posted: May 25, 2006 3:00 pm
by Tiki Bar
Posted: May 25, 2006 3:39 pm
by tikitatas
LIPH wrote:No wonder I'm so smart
Indubitably.
Posted: May 25, 2006 3:47 pm
by alphabits
Hmmm, this may shed a different light on buying chocolate as a romantic gift:
1) Guy likes girl
2) Guy buys chocolate for girl
3) Girl eats chocolate
4) Chocolate makes girl smarter
5) Girl realizes guy is a loser
6) Girl dumps guy
So how about flowers - do they make you smarter?
Posted: May 25, 2006 3:49 pm
by tikitatas
alphabits wrote:Hmmm, this may shed a different light on buying chocolate as a romantic gift:
1) Guy likes girl
2) Guy buys chocolate for girl
3) Girl eats chocolate
4) Chocolate makes girl smarter
5) Girl realizes guy is a loser
6) Girl dumps guy
So how about flowers - do they make you smarter?
No, they mean you have no imagination.
Posted: May 25, 2006 3:55 pm
by alphabits
tikitatas wrote:alphabits wrote:Hmmm, this may shed a different light on buying chocolate as a romantic gift:
1) Guy likes girl
2) Guy buys chocolate for girl
3) Girl eats chocolate
4) Chocolate makes girl smarter
5) Girl realizes guy is a loser
6) Girl dumps guy
So how about flowers - do they make you smarter?
No, they mean you have no imagination.
Good, I hated buying them anyway.
I say always go for something practical ... like an iron ... or a sewing machine ... or a running start
Posted: May 25, 2006 3:58 pm
by Prthd119
alphabits wrote:tikitatas wrote:alphabits wrote:Hmmm, this may shed a different light on buying chocolate as a romantic gift:
1) Guy likes girl
2) Guy buys chocolate for girl
3) Girl eats chocolate
4) Chocolate makes girl smarter
5) Girl realizes guy is a loser
6) Girl dumps guy
So how about flowers - do they make you smarter?
No, they mean you have no imagination.
Good, I hated buying them anyway.
I say always go for something practical ... like an iron ... or a sewing machine ... or a running start
You'd need a running start if you showed up with an iron or a sewing machine....
Posted: May 25, 2006 3:59 pm
by tikitatas
Prthd119 wrote:alphabits wrote:tikitatas wrote:alphabits wrote:Hmmm, this may shed a different light on buying chocolate as a romantic gift:
1) Guy likes girl
2) Guy buys chocolate for girl
3) Girl eats chocolate
4) Chocolate makes girl smarter
5) Girl realizes guy is a loser
6) Girl dumps guy
So how about flowers - do they make you smarter?
No, they mean you have no imagination.
Good, I hated buying them anyway.
I say always go for something practical ... like an iron ... or a sewing machine ... or a running start
You'd need a running start if you showed up with an iron or a sewing machine....
You took the words right out of my mouth, my southern sista, Connalulu!!
Posted: May 25, 2006 4:08 pm
by LIPH
alphabits wrote:tikitatas wrote:alphabits wrote:Hmmm, this may shed a different light on buying chocolate as a romantic gift:
1) Guy likes girl
2) Guy buys chocolate for girl
3) Girl eats chocolate
4) Chocolate makes girl smarter
5) Girl realizes guy is a loser
6) Girl dumps guy
So how about flowers - do they make you smarter?
No, they mean you have no imagination.
Good, I hated buying them anyway.
I say always go for something practical ... like an iron ... or a sewing machine ... or a running start
... a washing machine ... a mop ... a broom
Posted: May 25, 2006 4:13 pm
by tikitatas
LIPH wrote:alphabits wrote:tikitatas wrote:alphabits wrote:Hmmm, this may shed a different light on buying chocolate as a romantic gift:
1) Guy likes girl
2) Guy buys chocolate for girl
3) Girl eats chocolate
4) Chocolate makes girl smarter
5) Girl realizes guy is a loser
6) Girl dumps guy
So how about flowers - do they make you smarter?
No, they mean you have no imagination.
Good, I hated buying them anyway.
I say always go for something practical ... like an iron ... or a sewing machine ... or a running start
... a washing machine ... a mop ... a broom
You better DUCK, Larry!!!!!!!
Posted: May 25, 2006 4:13 pm
by alphabits
tikitatas wrote:Prthd119 wrote:alphabits wrote:tikitatas wrote:alphabits wrote:Hmmm, this may shed a different light on buying chocolate as a romantic gift:
1) Guy likes girl
2) Guy buys chocolate for girl
3) Girl eats chocolate
4) Chocolate makes girl smarter
5) Girl realizes guy is a loser
6) Girl dumps guy
So how about flowers - do they make you smarter?
No, they mean you have no imagination.
Good, I hated buying them anyway.
I say always go for something practical ... like an iron ... or a sewing machine ... or a running start
You'd need a running start if you showed up with an iron or a sewing machine....
You took the words right out of my mouth, my southern sista, Connalulu!!
Wouldn't need a real big running start ...... it's tough to throw an iron or sewing machine for distance!
Posted: May 25, 2006 4:16 pm
by tikitatas
alphabits wrote:tikitatas wrote:Prthd119 wrote:alphabits wrote:tikitatas wrote:alphabits wrote:Hmmm, this may shed a different light on buying chocolate as a romantic gift:
1) Guy likes girl
2) Guy buys chocolate for girl
3) Girl eats chocolate
4) Chocolate makes girl smarter
5) Girl realizes guy is a loser
6) Girl dumps guy
So how about flowers - do they make you smarter?
No, they mean you have no imagination.
Good, I hated buying them anyway.
I say always go for something practical ... like an iron ... or a sewing machine ... or a running start
You'd need a running start if you showed up with an iron or a sewing machine....
You took the words right out of my mouth, my southern sista, Connalulu!!
Wouldn't need a real big running start ...... it's tough to throw an iron or sewing machine for distance!
He doesn't know us when we're p.o'd., does he, Connie??
And if one of you suggests snow tires, start running!!!!!!!
Posted: May 25, 2006 4:17 pm
by LIPH
tikitatas wrote:And if one of you suggests snow tires, start running!!!!!!!
Don't they have all weather tires in Canada?
Posted: May 25, 2006 4:22 pm
by alphabits
tikitatas wrote:alphabits wrote:
Wouldn't need a real big running start ...... it's tough to throw an iron or sewing machine for distance!
He doesn't know us when we're p.o'd., does he, Connie??
And if one of you suggests snow tires, start running!!!!!!!
What if they were
chocolate snow tires?!?
Posted: May 25, 2006 4:24 pm
by tikitatas
LIPH wrote:tikitatas wrote:And if one of you suggests snow tires, start running!!!!!!!
Don't they have all weather tires in Canada?
Read her lips.
Posted: May 25, 2006 4:24 pm
by Prthd119
tikitatas wrote:alphabits wrote:tikitatas wrote:Prthd119 wrote:alphabits wrote:tikitatas wrote:
No, they mean you have no imagination.
Good, I hated buying them anyway.
I say always go for something practical ... like an iron ... or a sewing machine ... or a running start
You'd need a running start if you showed up with an iron or a sewing machine....
You took the words right out of my mouth, my southern sista, Connalulu!!
Wouldn't need a real big running start ...... it's tough to throw an iron or sewing machine for distance!
He doesn't know us when we're p.o'd., does he, Connie??
And if one of you suggests snow tires, start running!!!!!!!
My father bought my mother an "electrolux" for Christmas one year..
I know what women who get presents like that are capable of..
and oh yes...I learned well!
Got your running shoes on DG???
Posted: May 25, 2006 4:40 pm
by alphabits
Prthd119 wrote:
My father bought my mother an "electrolux" for Christmas one year..
I know what women who get presents like that are capable of..
and oh yes...I learned well!
Got your running shoes on DG???
Can't catch me if ya can't find me!
Posted: May 25, 2006 4:42 pm
by alphabits
tikitatas wrote:LIPH wrote:tikitatas wrote:And if one of you suggests snow tires, start running!!!!!!!
Don't they have all weather tires in Canada?
Read her lips.
"If we don't make a bathroom stop soon, this leather seat's gonna be a wading pool!"
Posted: May 25, 2006 4:42 pm
by rednekkPH
I got Christine a vacuum for xmas this year.
She asked for it, picked it out and all.
