Dan Gould Posted August 27, 2003 Report Posted August 27, 2003 Since it seems like quite a few of us are fighting the battle of the bulge, which is it that gets you in trouble the most? What's your favorite? For me I tend to fall on the sweets side, though not so much candy as ice cream-especially Baskin Robbins Peanut butter chocolate. Quote
Dan Gould Posted August 27, 2003 Author Report Posted August 27, 2003 Damn, I knew I'd forgotten one ... Quote
jazzbo Posted August 27, 2003 Report Posted August 27, 2003 I do lust after some women in my heart for brief moments. Both sweets and salts for me. . . Like you Dan I love peaunt butter/chocolate ice cream, and a lot of other ice creams. . . I have to have a little bit of ice cream in the evenings lately it seems. And I didn't think I liked salty stuff, but I've been having either tortilla chips or pretzels every work day as part of my lunch, and if you let me have my druthers I'd go out to eat at one of the many fantastic Mexican food places here and eat chips and salsa far more and more often than I should. Late forties. . . food is meaningful as a stress reliever for me I guess, as smoking and drinking hardly ever happen as stress relievers any longer (no smoking at all, a tiny bit of social drinking on occasion). Battling the bulge, neither winning nor losing, just fighting! Quote
jazzbo Posted August 27, 2003 Report Posted August 27, 2003 Hmmmm. Somehow my vote didn't register. Ah well! Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted August 27, 2003 Report Posted August 27, 2003 Mine is definitely Sweets, and my wife's is definitely Salty Snacks. We rarely fight over the same snacks Quote
Free For All Posted August 27, 2003 Report Posted August 27, 2003 Chocolate-covered pretzels- the best of both worlds! Quote
Jim Dye Posted August 27, 2003 Report Posted August 27, 2003 Sweets. Big time. Especially since I gave up tobacco. Does someone need to start up another Little Debbie thread? Quote
Joe G Posted August 27, 2003 Report Posted August 27, 2003 Sweets, but lately I'm going for quality stuff, like imported dark chocolate. What's my point? Hell I don't know. Still love mom's chocolate chip cookies! Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted August 27, 2003 Report Posted August 27, 2003 Chocolate-covered pretzels- the best of both worlds! Man, I'm dying to find DARK Chocolate covered pretzels somewhere. I'm sure it's been done, but I've never seen them before. I'm a TOTAL dark-chocolate nut, to the point of prefering bittersweet baking chocolate, over semi-sweet. (But no, even I can't handle unsweetened. Even I have my limits!!). Dark chocolate, all the way!!!! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted August 27, 2003 Report Posted August 27, 2003 I used to eat way to much sweet stuff - chocolate, biscuits etc. I'd open a packet of biscuits and just would not stop until the packet was empty even though I was feeling increasingly sick. So 2.5 years back I went cold turkey on chocolate and sweet biscuits. Havn't touched either since and don't miss them. I still eat the odd piece of cake or pastry; and sometimes buy a few wine gums or liquorice allsorts but my craving for them is well diminished. Age or self-control? I'm not sure. ********* Now if I could exert the same discipline over CD buying I'd be in the world's wealthiest lists by next year! Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted August 27, 2003 Report Posted August 27, 2003 Darker the chocolate, better the benefits? Study: When it comes to health, all chocolates not the same Wednesday, August 27, 2003 Posted: 1:16 PM EDT (1716 GMT) Researchers say eating dark chocolate raises antioxidant levels, but eating millk chocolate, or drinking milk with the confection, provides no benefit. (AP) -- After a sweaty health club workout, don't kid yourself that the candy bar in your gym bag is health food. Despite the recent buzz over the confection's heart-protecting qualities, new research suggests that not all kinds of chocolate are beneficial. European researchers say eating milk chocolate, which is most commonly used in candy bars, does not raise antioxidant levels in the bloodstream. They found the same discouraging result among patients who drank milk while eating dark chocolate. The results suggest that milk and other dairy products somehow discourage the body's ability to absorb the protective compounds in chocolate. Only subjects who ate dark chocolate showed a temporary increase in their antioxidant levels. Details of the study appear in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature. "This puts in question the possible protective effects of (chocolate) milk shakes or ice cream or other dairy products," said co-author Alan Crozier of the University of Glasgow. Nor does Crozier endorse the idea that eating dark chocolate is healthier. It still contains plenty of fat and sugar. "Don't think by eating five or six bars a day you're doing yourself any good," he said. The blood pressure effect Cocoa beans contain plant chemicals called flavonoids, a kind of antioxidant polyphenol present in many fruits, vegetables, tea and red wine. Some studies indicate flavonoids protect the heart from damaging effects of unstable oxygen compounds called free radicals that, among other things, can damage blood vessels. A German study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that eating dark chocolate can lower blood pressure. Other experiments show cocoa flavonoids may reduce harmful blood clotting properties and decrease low-density-lipoprotein (LDL), known as the "bad cholesterol." The JAMA study involved adults with untreated mild hypertension who ate 3-ounce chocolate bars daily for two weeks. Half of the patients got white chocolate, half got dark chocolate. Blood pressure remained pretty much unchanged in the group that ate white chocolate, which does not contain polyphenols. But after two weeks, systolic blood pressure -- the top number -- had dropped an average of five points in the dark-chocolate group. The lower, or diastolic, reading fell an average of almost two points. In 1998, a Harvard study of nearly 8,000 of its male graduates determined that eating the equivalent of few bars of chocolate a month lowered the risk of death by 36 percent as compared to abstainers. No recommended daily allowance In the latest experiments, which were conducted without industry funding, Crozier and researchers in Italy first determined the antioxidant levels of dark chocolate and milk chocolate in the lab. Dark chocolate had twice as much, Crozier said, in part because milk chocolate contains only about half as much actual chocolate. The researchers then gave chocolate bars to seven women and five men who were between 25 and 35 years old. All of the participants were nonsmokers, had normal blood lipid levels, took no prescription drugs or vitamins and were not overweight. After they ate dark chocolate bars, the antioxidant potential measured in their blood increased an average of 18 percent and remained elevated for three hours. Lead author Mauro Serafini said the subjects' antioxidant potential did not rise noticeably when they consumed a glass of whole milk with the dark chocolate, or when they ate milk chocolate. He said it's possible that antioxidants bind with milk proteins making absorption more difficult. Scientists who did not contribute to the research said the protective aspects of flavonoids in chocolate have not been proven. "I guess this means to be healthy you should eat chocolate with red wine," said Andrew L. Waterhouse, a nutrition professor at the University of California at Davis. "That is, if you believe the antioxidant hypothesis. "No one has taken flavonoids, given them to people in a controlled scenario and shown that people who take them are more healthy than those who don't," he said. Dr. Robert H. Eckel, a spokesman for the American Heart Association, said there is not enough information to recommend chocolate as a food that reduces the risk of heart disease. Quote
JSngry Posted August 27, 2003 Report Posted August 27, 2003 Women. Well, that covers sweet and salty both, doesn't it? Quote
Jazzmoose Posted August 27, 2003 Report Posted August 27, 2003 Women. Well, that covers sweet and salty both, doesn't it? Yeah, but on the other hand, I've never overstretched my tongue eating a candy bar... Quote
JSngry Posted August 27, 2003 Report Posted August 27, 2003 Man, I thought that I had a dirty mind! By "salty", I was referring to personality. You know, the OTHER "P Word".... Quote
Johnny E Posted August 28, 2003 Report Posted August 28, 2003 Ever since I moved from Philly to Seattle I have a constant yearning for Butterscotch Krimpets Peanut butter KandyKakes Chocolate Juniors Quote
The Mule Posted August 28, 2003 Report Posted August 28, 2003 Women. Well, that covers sweet and salty both, doesn't it? I see somebody gets it.... Quote
Free For All Posted August 28, 2003 Report Posted August 28, 2003 What really gets me is that they actually say that there's FOUR servings in these suckers. FOUR servings!! I'm sorry, there's ONE serving! One sit-com's worth of ice cream. And about 200% of your daily sat. fat intake. I don't eat this stuff anymore, but I really loved the "Chubby Hubby"-and now I am one. Quote
Free For All Posted August 28, 2003 Report Posted August 28, 2003 (edited) Come on Lon and Jim- you guys are in the land of Blue Bell. Cookies 'n'Cream, Banana Pudding, Pralines'n'Cream....ah, the good old days of carefree living. Every place I've lived there's been a killin' frozen custard place. Ollie's in DeKalb, IL, Stoddard's in Kent,OH and Sheridan's here in KC. Any of you have a favorite? Edited August 28, 2003 by Free For All Quote
vibes Posted August 28, 2003 Report Posted August 28, 2003 I pound this stuff like it's goin' out of style: Quote
vibes Posted August 28, 2003 Report Posted August 28, 2003 And by the way, these bags are 2 servings max. Quote
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