CHOCOLATE can reduce heart disease, protect against tooth decay, promote relaxation and be more effective on coughs than codeine.
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With Friday being World Chocolate Day, that’s our story and we’re sticking to it.
From its first use in central and South America nearly 4000 years ago to its arrival in Europe in the 16th century and the many varieties available today, chocolate’s status as a popular sweet treat continues.
For anyone needing to be convinced of its medicinal merit, information is easy to find – good to hear about chocolate’s anti-bacterial effect on the mouth.
And how the smell of chocolate increases theta brain waves, which triggers relaxation.
Indeed, the positive results of eating dark chocolate every day (it lessens the risk of heart disease by one-third, you know) are so well-documented this snippet could be called common knowledge by now.
Not that the children making freckles at Corowa Whisky and Chocolate this week would care about chocolate’s health benefits.
Sales assistant Riley Ralph said business had been brisk as the young visitors poured their chocolate and put sprinkles on top.
“It’s fun and it’s easy and they just have a great time,” she said.
The crowds included many Melbourne tourists, with the winter cold and rain no deterrent.
“I think everyone just wants to come have a nice hot chocolate and make a freckle,” Miss Ralph said.
Just so you know, it’s been scientifically proven hot chocolate tastes better in orange cups.
- Justifications gratefully sourced from factslides.com.