Chocolate in Medical News

Three New ZonePerfect(R) Dark Chocolate Nutrition Bar Flavors Fuel Satisfying and Delicious Snacking

Abbott Expands ZonePerfect Nutrition Bar Line to Meet Demand for Dark Chocolate by Active, On-the-Go Consumers COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (NYSE: ABT ) - Fueled by demand for nutritious, yet delicious snacks, Abbott today announced the introduction of three new flav...

Celebrities to Highlight at St. Jude's Inaugural Wine and Chocolate Gala

NEW YORK, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Honoree Tony Bennett and Honorary Chair Kristin Davis of acclaimed show Sex and The City will join St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on Thursday, May 28th 2009, 8:00pm at Capitale to present their inaugural wine and chocolate gala, 'A Chocolat au Vin Affair'...

Losing Weight with Chocolate on Valentine's Day

This Valentine's Day unprocessed cacao is being used with low glycemic index sweeteners and berries to produce a new type of chocolate, which may enhance it's weight loss properties. Dieting and the benefits of berry antioxidants and probiotics are also discussed with comments from an Anti-Aging ...

Abbott Nutrition Announces Voluntary Recall of ZonePerfect(R) Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars, ZonePerfect(R) Peanut Toffee Bars and NutriPals(TM) Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars in U.S., Mexico, New Zealand and Singapore

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott Nutrition today announced that it is initiating a precautionary, voluntary recall of ZonePerfect(R) Chocolate Peanut Butter bars, ZonePerfect(R) Peanut Toffee bars and NutriPals(TM) Peanut Butter Chocolate bars in response to the widen...

Sharing The Arts & Ridgewood High School Present Musical Production of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

BergenCounty Special Needs Children & High School Student Volunteers Collaborate in Musical Production RIDGEWOOD N.J. and HAWTHORNE, N.J., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharing The Arts, a Hawthorne, NJ based non-profit performing arts organization and conservatory bringing together indi...

A Mindful Chocolate Meditation

OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Walk into any grocery store and there's likely to be a Halloween aisle brimming over with candy. Those who struggle with mindless eating have already begun to wonder how they'll stay clear of trick-or-treat sweets. Many people find that Halloween spurs ...

Dermatologists In Denial: Controversial New Chocolate Nutraceutical Claims to be Good for Your Skin

NEW YORK, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- An aggressive marketing campaign for a new nutritional acne product questions accepted wisdom about the connection between diet and acne. Frutels, the New York-based company responsible for this new product, claims the unthinkable: eating their chocolate nutrac...

The Ultimate Valentine's Day Gift: Indulgent Organic Chocolate for Women That Combines Great Taste & Functional Ingredients

OREM, Utah, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Phytobase, US leader in indulgent, sensual, and healthy organic dark chocolate, has created a treat that can bring out the sexy Cinderella in any woman. Choconella(TM) is a bite-sized organic dark chocolate bonbon infused with a unique combination of Goji be...

Latest Salvo Fired in Frozen Yogurt Wars as Southern California's Fastest-Growing Franchise - Cefiore - Launches New Chocolate Flavor

$22 Billion Industry and 12% Growth of Frozen Desserts Nationwide Fuels Cefiore's Surge CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Cefiore, Southern California-based and one of the nation's fastest-growing frozen yogurt destinations, introduced today its new c...

Dip Your Diet in Chocolate ... Introducing New Skinny Dippers!

The Skinny Cow(R) brand offers new low-fat ice cream dipped in chocolate OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Dive in! The newest addition to The Skinny Cow(R) brand urges dieters everywhere to release their inhibitions and "dip" into new Skinny Dippers. Weighing in at just 80 calories p...

DC Ranch Village Health Club & Spa Twists with Chocolate Yoga Class

Yogis Strive for Full Body Delight SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- DC Ranch Village Health Club & Spa has a twist on eating chocolate, literally. The latest yoga class, 'Chocolate-Covered Yoga' teaches yogis how not only to calm the mind and exercise the body, but...

Heart Chocolate(TM) With CM-X(TM) is Loved by Chocolate Connoisseurs and Diabetics Alike

Rich, dark chocolate bar with innovative CM-X gives new meaning to diabetic food TORONTO, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Heart Chocolate(TM) with CM-X(TM), recently launched by Innovative Life Sciences Corporation (ILS), is more than just another so-called diabetic food...

A chocolate cookie a day puts 20 pounds on an energetically-balanced kid in 4 years

After summer holidays, miracle-diet adherents stick to these diets to lose the weight gained in the last months in record time. Gyms also become overcrowded with people making a final sprint of sacrifice whose results do not exactly match previous expectations and with few benefits for health. In ...

Announcing Another Great Reason to Eat Chocolate

Maramor Chocolates combines antioxidant benefits of dark chocolate with anti-inflammatory benefits of Omega-3 "In terms of its potential impact on health in the Western world, the Omega-3 story may someday be viewed as one of the most important in the history of modern nutr...

Brain reacts to fairness as it does to money and chocolate

The human brain responds to being treated fairly the same way it responds to winning money and eating chocolate, UCLA scientists report. Being treated fairly turns on the brain's reward circuitry. "We may be hard-wired to treat fairness as a reward," said study co-author Matthew D. Lieberman...

Study finds that people are programmed to love chocolate

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2007 For the first time, scientists have linked the all-too-human preference for a food chocolate to a specific, chemical signature that may be programmed into the metabolic system and is detectable by laboratory tests. The signature reads chocolate lover in some people and...

Nice but naughty -- our addiction to chocolate

Chocolate is the most widely and frequently craved food. People readily admit to being addicted to chocolate or willingly label themselves as chocoholics. A popular explanation for this is that chocolate contains mood-enhancing (psychoactive) ingredients that give it special appeal. Evidence a...

Daily Dose of Dark Chocolate Helps the Heart: Study

Eating a little bit of dark chocolate every day can reduce blood pressure without causing weight gain or other side effects , according to a study published Tuesday in the United States. Previous research has shown that eating chocolate can lower blood pressure, but doctors have worried tha...

Dark Chocolate Possible Medicine for Blood Pressure

A new research suggest that eating a small amount of dark chocolate each day could lower blood pressure and cut the risk of stroke. Dark chocolate is not only good for your heart , it may also stave off hardening of the arteries among smokers, and it has more antioxidants per gram than red wine, gr...

Nicole Kidman Can't Resist Chocolate Cakes

Actress Nicole Kidman has confessed her weakness for chocolate cakes . The 'Hours' actress recently owned up to munching an entire chocolate cake every week. Kidman admitted that she could gulp down a huge slice of cake every night, but has to limit her chocolate addiction. ...

Kiss a Chocolate and Tell

A study has shown that the sensation of melting to a chocolate gave an intense high, far more than the thrill of a lover’s kiss. // The finding which could cause many hearts to sink has shown that simply melting to a chocolate is equivalent to hugging and kissing your loved one, four times. Pa...

Good News For Chocolate Lovers

According to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Associate for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco//, flavonol, a cocoa component is said to enhance the functioning of brain. Mars a private firm involved in the manufacture of CocoaVia chocolates has a procedure which...

A New Study Finds Chocolate Milk Powerful Than Sports Drinks

A new study has found out that chocolate drinks works as well as some sports drinks like Gatorade. The study partially sponsored by the Dairy and Nutrition Council and conducted by Indiana University // suggested found that those in stationery bicycles drinking chocolate milk worked more than 50% ...

Dark Chocolate Could Be Used To Treat Heart Disease: Scientists

Professor Roger Corder of the William Harvey Research Institute has sought the permission to test with dark chocolate on heart patients//. He will go ahead with the medical trial once he gets the regulatory approval. To start with forty patients with cardiovascular disease will be tested with the d...

Allergy Alarm: Sam's Choice Milk Chocolate Turns Bitter with Undisclosed 'Nuts'

Brach's Confections, Inc. of Dallas, Texas are tough nuts to crack, indeed. Presently, they have withdrawn a batch of production of Sam's Choice Belgian Milk Chocolate Bars,// due to the presence of undeclared almonds. This is a precautionary measure to ensure safety for all those who are allergic ...

Hot or cold: Chocolate milk is the answer for longetivity

As a whiff of chocolate odour comes the news that a stroll followed by a glass of chocolate milk can do wonders for the musle function of an individual.// This is in the direction of efforts by the University of Auckland's Faculty of Science which aims to develop a non-pharmaceutical means to ma...

Dark chocolate can help ease symptoms of diarrhea

A new study has now confirmed an ancient myth that coco bean can be used to treat diarrhea following the finding that it contains certain chemicals that can limit the development of fluids that cause diarrhea//. The use of cocoa to treat diarrhea dates back to as early as 16th century by ancient...

Under Stress? All You Need Is A Chocolate To Melt In Your Mouth

You don’t have to spend time for meditation, yoga or even a trip to your favorite spot. Surprised? Yes stress relief comes so very compact these days. Thanks to the Chocolate-coated stress busters // that are likely to be marketed soon. The chocolate-like product comprises various nutraceutical...

Dark Chocolate Is Helpful In Lowering Blood Pressure.

A study conducted recently links dark chocolate consumption to improved insulin sensitivity //and lowered hypertension. The study reveals that three ounces of dark chocolate a day for several weeks lowers blood pressure by an average of 10 percent and improves insulin sensitivity in patients with h...

Dark chocolate benefits the heart

There is good news for all chocolate lovers, as against the general thought that chocolate is bad// for health, there comes news that dark chocolate can actually improve heart function. Athens Medical School, Greece investigated and studied effects of dark chocolate consumption on blood vessel...

Eating chocolate makes you happy

According to a web-based survey, biting a bar of chocolate every day is connected to good mood and happy feelings. Eventhough chocolates are high in fat and sugar, it has long been seen as a pleasurable indulgence.// However, recent evidence suggests that, like other plant based products, it also c...

Fox 11 News Anchor Christine Devine to Co-Host 2nd Annual "An Evening for Autism" Event

... and Oyster Bar. In addition, the drink sponsors include Tommy Bahama Rum, Stone Brewery, La Paz Products, Hope Wine and Hansen's Sodas. Coffee, hot chocolate and tea will be provided by Starbucks. Desert was provided by The Cheesecake Factory, Green Cupcakes, Valentino Chocolatier and Cacao Luxe Chocolatie...

Food additive may one day help control blood lipids and reduce disease risk

...ns. Lecithin can alter food taste and texture and also can be mixed with water to disperse fats, making it a common additive in margarine, mayonnaise, chocolate and baked goods. Lecithin is a mixture of fatty compounds called phosphatidylcholines. Various types of phosphatidylcholines house different kinds of ...

Personality in a Cup

...mertime fruit combined with milk and vanilla ice cream for people who are jovial and who like an unexpected twist in their drink 2) Frozen Mexican chocolate - a decadent drink blending cocoa powder, milk, cinnamon and brownies on ice for those who do not know the word "compromise" 3) Salted Caramel Mi...

Kashi Company Introduces TLC(R) Dark Mocha Almond Chewy Bar

...mily. This new granola bar combines crunchy roasted almonds with rich dark chocolate and espresso for a naturally delicious pick-me-up. (Logo: http:...i, we know everyone has their favorite coffee combination. By pairing dark chocolate with rich espresso, we aim to satisfy your coffee shop craving with a 'dark...

Feel Fun, Fit & Fabulous! At the 2009 Women's Health Conference

...t & Fabulous! Women's Health Conference, set for Saturday, Aug. 29 from 6:30 a.m. until 3 p.m., at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center at West chocolate Avenue and University Drive in Hershey, Pa. Join the more than 6,000 women who have already taken a greater hand in their health by attendin...

SNICKERS(R) Brand and David Arquette Make a Big Move to Help Feeding America Bar Hunger

...ng in six business segments: Chocolate, Petcare, Wrigley, Food, Drinks, and Symbioscience. These segments produce some of the world's leading brands: chocolate - M&M'S(R), SNICKERS(R), DOVE(R), GALAXY(R), MARS(R), MILKY WAY(R) and TWIX(R); Petcare - PEDIGREE(R), WHISKAS(R), SHEBA(R), CESAR(R) and ROYAL CA...

Nestle(R) TOLL HOUSE(R) Refrigerated Cookie Dough Recall Update - July 9, 2009

... in a retained production sample of 16.5 oz. Nestle Toll House refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough bar. The product has a day code of 9041 and a "Best befo...ies purchased outside the home, all varieties of Nestle Toll House morsels, chocolate baking bars, or cocoa, and Dreyer's and Edy's ice cream products with Nestl...

Bear Naked Introduces All Natural Granola Bars

...erol, hydrogenated oils or high fructose corn syrup. Each convenient, single-serve bar offers positive nutrition. Chocolaty Cherry combines rich chocolate with cherries, pecans and almonds for the perfect sweet-tooth fix. Tropical features exotic fruits including mango, papaya, pineapple and coconut. F...

Nationwide Heat Wave Finally Gives Way To Cooling Trend

... Chocolatemint (-2) -- Chocolatemint combines pure water, cocoa essence, and real mint to get a rich, guilt-free treat. The luxurious taste of real chocolate fills your mouth while the real mint cools from head to toe For more information, visit www.metromint.com . About Soma Bev...