Americans eat 100 pounds of chocolate every second.
That's 10 pounds of chocolate per person per year,
and that translates into 3 billion pounds every year!
Chocolate is the only food that melts exactly at the temperature of the human mouth.
Milk and dark chocolate is toxic to dogs,
but Bowzer is safe with white chocolate,
which doesn't contain cocoa.
A study completed in England indicates that the smell
of chocolate
relaxes people while stimulating and exciting the brain.
According to one survey of 400 Americans, six out
of ten of those asked,
preferred the nut, caramel and cherry fillings
found in a box of chocolates.
Chocolate manufacturers use 40% of the almonds,
20% of the peanuts and 8% of the sugar in the world
in combination with approximately 3.5 million pounds
of
whole milk EVERY DAY to make milk chocolate!
You'll find many other candies lower in fat than chocolate,
but when it comes to sweets, you need to be concerned
about calories...
and calorie for calorie, fat-free candies are no better
for you than chocolate.
For just $10,000 you can have Le notre of Paris
sculpt a two-foot solid chocolate bust of yourself.
The country with the highest consumption of chocolate
per capita is Switzerland,
with 22 pounds per person, per year!
You can eat an ounce of chocolate every day and
not gain weight!
Just make a few trade-offs: Skip butter on your bread;
switch to low-fat salad dressing; or go from 2 percent
milk to skim milk.
Chocolate contains antioxidants, which have been
found to be good for the heart!
Research indicates that chocolate, the darker the better,
may help fight cholesterol.
