Saturday, July 28, 2007
A lot of people are in love with chocolates. For some people, eating chocolates makes them happy and just makes their day. For all the chocolate-lovers out there, here are some interesting facts about CHOCOLATES:
1. A single chocolate chip provides sufficient food energy for an adult to walk 150 feet; hence, it would take about 35 chocolate chips to go a mile, or 875,000 for an around-the-world hike.
2. It is reported that Napoleon carried chocolate with him on his military campaigns, and always ate it when he needed quick energy.
3. Chocolate can be lethal to dogs. Theobromine, an ingredient that stimulates the cardiac muscle and the central nervous system, causes chocolate's toxicity. About two ounces of milk chocolate can be poisonous for a 10-lb puppy.
4. Consumers spend more than $7 billion a year on chocolates.
5. Annual per capita consumption of chocolate is 12 pounds per person.
6. Eating chocolate makes you happy because it contains phenylephylamine - the same hormone the brain triggers when you fall in love.
7. The melting point of cocoa butter is just below human body temperature - this is why chocolate melts in your mouth.
8. Dental studies report that eating chocolate does not cause cavities.
9. Chocolate has over 500 flavor components, more than twice the amount found in strawberry and vanilla.
10. Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, "Psycho" which actually took 7 days to shoot.
SOURCES: http://www.geocities.com/chocolatecorner/fun.html
http://hicards.com/valentine/vchoc.html
1. A single chocolate chip provides sufficient food energy for an adult to walk 150 feet; hence, it would take about 35 chocolate chips to go a mile, or 875,000 for an around-the-world hike.
2. It is reported that Napoleon carried chocolate with him on his military campaigns, and always ate it when he needed quick energy.
3. Chocolate can be lethal to dogs. Theobromine, an ingredient that stimulates the cardiac muscle and the central nervous system, causes chocolate's toxicity. About two ounces of milk chocolate can be poisonous for a 10-lb puppy.
4. Consumers spend more than $7 billion a year on chocolates.
5. Annual per capita consumption of chocolate is 12 pounds per person.
6. Eating chocolate makes you happy because it contains phenylephylamine - the same hormone the brain triggers when you fall in love.
7. The melting point of cocoa butter is just below human body temperature - this is why chocolate melts in your mouth.
8. Dental studies report that eating chocolate does not cause cavities.
9. Chocolate has over 500 flavor components, more than twice the amount found in strawberry and vanilla.
10. Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, "Psycho" which actually took 7 days to shoot.
SOURCES: http://www.geocities.com/chocolatecorner/fun.html
http://hicards.com/valentine/vchoc.html
http://www.amtmarketing.com/sectionfull/promotional-chocolates-81.jpg
Mara Lyka Ellenite N. Capalad
IV- Brebeuf
Mara Lyka Ellenite N. Capalad
IV- Brebeuf
