Chocolate and Stress

[Little White Dove]

Chocolate and Stress

Chocolate contains valeric acid, which is a relaxant and tranquilliser this and the sugar in chocolate may reduce stress. Sugar has been shown to have a calming and pain relieving effect on babies and animals.
Also the smell of chocolate has been found to slow down brain waves, making us feel more calmer.
Namaste Jennie

[Little White Dove]

Depression

Researchers have done animal experiments that found eating chocolate triggers the release of endorphins (our bodys natural opiates ) in the brain, these are also released during sex, and strenuous exercise, leaving us feeling great, another substance in chocolate is tryptophan this increases the bodys production of serotonin, making us feel calm and happy and lifting our spirits.
Namaste Jennie

[whispering breeze]

Wow!, in that case i can stuff myself with chocolate yes?. lol

Mmmm.. i love chocolate too. infact i do comfort eat and it's chocolate i eat when comfort eating.
Thankfully i am slim. but still i should be careful not to over do it.

[shimmering light]

Hello
I have Depression some times is there a herb that will help please if I eat chocolate I will get fat lol

[Little White Dove]

Namaste Shimmering light

Blessings to you and yours

There is a South Americac herb called Stevia native to Paraguay used by South American tribes (1887) the Japanese have tested it and the findings show that it is safe for those with diebetes, candida and obesity it is calorie-free sounds good

[trias]

You are suggesting a stevia chocolate?

I have heard of this material. It is a sweetener right? Do you have a link to the study results?

[Little White Dove]

Thought you might find this information useful for yourself or clients.
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> > FDA ISSUING FOR COLLUSION WITH MONSANTO
> >
> > Article written by Nancy Markle (1120197)
> >
> > I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL
>CONFERENCE on "ASPARTAME marketed as 'NutraSweet', 'Equal', and
>'Spoonful"'.
> >
> > In the keynote address by the EPA, they announced that there was an
>epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus, and they did not
>understand what toxin was causing this to be rampant across the United
>States. I explained that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject.
> >
> > When the temperature of Aspartame exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood
>alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid,
>which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. (Formic acid is the poison found
>in the sting of fire ants). The methanol toxicity mimics multiple
>sclerosis; thus people were being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis
>in error. The multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where methanol
>toxicity is.
> >
> > In the case of systemic lupus, we are finding it has become almost as
>rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi
>drinkers. Also, with methanol toxicity, the victims usually drink three to
>four 12oz. cans of them per day, some even more. In the cases of systemic
>lupus, which is triggered by ASPARTAME, the victim usually does not know
>that the aspartame is the culprit. The victim continues its use aggravating
>the lupus to such a degree, that sometimes it becomes life threatening.
>When we get people off the aspartame, those with systemic lupus usually
>become symptomatic.
> >
> > Unfortunately, we cannot reverse this disease.
> >
> > On the other hand, in the case of those diagnosed with Multiple
>Sclerosis, (when in reality, the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the
>symptoms disappear. We have seen cases where their vision has returned and
>even their hearing has returned. This also applies to cases of tinnitus.
>During a lecture I said "If you are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, Equal,
>Spoonful, etc.) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting
>pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches,
>tinnitus, joint pain, depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred
>vision, or memory loss-you probably have ASPARTAME DISEASE!"
> >
> > People were jumping up during the lecture saying, "I've got this, is it
>reversible?" It is rampant. Some of the speakers at my lecture even were
>suffering from these symptoms. In one lecture attended by the Ambassador of
>Uganda, he told us that their sugar industry is adding aspartame! He
>continued by saying that one of the industry leader's son could no longer
>walk - due in part by product usage! We have a very serious problem. Even a
>stranger came up to Dr. Espisto (one of my speakers) and myself and said,
>'Could you tell me why so many people seem to be coming down with MS?
>During a visit to a hospice, a nurse said that six of her friends, who were
>heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond
>coincidence.
> >
> > Here is the problem. There were Congressional Hearings when aspartame
>was included in 100 different products. Since this initial hearing, there
>have been two subsequent hearings, but to no avail. Nothing has been done.
>The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Now there are over
>5,000 products containing this chemical, and the PATENT HAS EXPIRED!!!!! At
>the time of this first hearing, people were going blind. The methanol in
>the aspartame converts to formaldehyde in the retina of the eye.
>Formaldehyde is grouped in the same class of drugs as cyanide and *beep* -
>DEADLY POISONS!!! Unfortunately, it just takes longer to quietly kill, but
>it is killing people and causing all kinds of neurological problems.
>Aspartame changes the brain's chemistry. It is the reason for severe
>seizures. This drug changes the dopamine level in the brain. Imagine what
>this drug does to patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease. This drug
>also causes Birth Defects. There is absolutely no reason to take this
>product. It is NOT A DIET PRODUCT!!! The Congressional record said, "It
>makes you crave carbohydrates and will make you FAT". Dr. Roberts stated
>that when he got patients off aspartame, their average weight loss was 19
>pounds per person. The formaldehyde stores in the fat cells, particularly
>in the hips and thighs.Aspartame is especially deadly for diabetics. All
>physicians know what wood alcohol will do to a diabetic. We find that
>physicians believe that they have patients with retinopathy, when in fact,
>it is caused by the aspartame. The aspartame keeps the blood sugar level
>out of control, causing many patients to go into a coma. Unfortunately,
>many have died. People were telling us at the Conference of the American
>College of Physicians, that they had relatives that switched from saccharin
>to an aspartame product and how that relative had eventually gone into a
>coma. Their physicians could not get the blood sugar levels under control.
>Thus, the patients suffered acute memory loss and eventually coma and
>death.
> >
> > Memory loss is due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are
>neurotoxic without the other amino acids found in protein. Thus it goes
>past the blood brain barrier and deteriorates the neurons of the brain.
> >
> > Dr. Russell Blaylock, neurosurgeon, said, "The ingredients stimulate
>the neurons of the brain to death, causing brain damage of varying degrees.
>Dr. Blaylock has written a book entitled EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS
>(Health Press 1-800-643-2665).
> >
> > Dr. H.J. Roberts, diabetic specialist and world expert on aspartame
>poisoning, has also written a book entitled DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S
>DISEASE (1-800-814-9800). Dr. Roberts tells how aspartame poisoning is
>escalating Alzheimer's Disease, and indeed it is. As the hospice nurse told
>me, women are being admitted at 30 years of age with Alzheimer's Disease.
>Dr. Blaylock and Dr. Roberts will be writing a position paper with some
>case histories and will post it on the Internet. According to the
>Conference of the American College of Physicians, 'We are talking about a
>plague of neurological diseases caused by this deadly poison".
> >
> >
> > Dr. Roberts realized what was happening when aspartame was first
>marketed. He said, "his diabetic patients presented memory loss, confusion,
>and severe vision loss". At the Conference of the American College of
>Physicians, doctors admitted that they did not know. They had wondered why
>seizures were rampant (the phenylalanine in aspartame breaks down the
>seizure threshold and depletes serotonin, which causes manic depression,
>panic attacks, rage and Violence).
> >
> > Just before the Conference, I received a FAX from Norway, asking for a
>possible antidote for this poison because they are experiencing so many
>problems in their country. This "poison" is now available in 90 PLUS
>countries worldwide.Fortunately, we had speakers and ambassadors at the
>Conference from different nations who have pledged their help. We ask that
>you help too. Print this article out and warn everyone you know. Take
>anything that contains aspartame back to the store. Take the "NO ASPARTAME
>TEST" and send us your case history.
> >
> > I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of aspartame, knows how deadly
>it is. They fund the American Diabetes Association, American Dietetic
>Association, Congress, and the Conference of the American College of
>Physicians. The New York Times, on November 15, 1996, ran an article on how
>the American Dietetic Association takes money from the food industry to
>endorse their products.
> >
> > Therefore, they cannot criticize any additives or tell about their link
>to MONSANTO. How bad is this? We told a mother who had a child on
>NutraSweet to get off the product. The child was having grand mal seizures
>every day. The mother called her physician, who called the ADA, who told
>the doctor not to take the child off the NutraSweet. We are still trying to
>convince the mother that the aspartame is causing the seizures. Every time
>we get someone off of aspartame, the seizures stop. If the baby dies, you
>know whose fault it is, and what we are up against. There are 92 documented
>symptoms of aspartame, from coma to death. The majority of them are all
>neurological, because the aspartame destroys the nervous system.
> >
> > Aspartame Disease is partially the cause to what is behind some of the
>mystery of the Desert Storm health problems (Gulf War Syndrome). The
>burning tongue and other problems discussed in over 60 cases can be
>directly related to the consumption of an aspartame product. Several
>thousand pallets of diet drinks were shipped to the Desert Storm troops.
>(Remember heat can liberate the methanol from the aspartame at 86 degrees
>F). Diet drinks sat in the 120 degree F. Arabian sun for weeks at a time on
>pallets. The service men and women drank them all day long. All of their
>symptoms are identical to aspartame poisoning. Dr. Roberts says "consuming
>aspartame at the time of conception can cause birth defects". The
>phenylalanine concentrates in the placenta, causing mental retardation,
>according to Dr. Louis Elsas, Pediatrician Professor - Genetics, at Emory
>University in his testimony before Congress. In the original lab tests,
>animals developed brain tumors (phenylalanine breaks down into DXP, a brain
>tumor agent). When Dr. Espisto was lecturing on aspartame, one physician in
>the audience, a neurosurgeon, said, "when they remove brain tumors, they
>have found high levels of Aspartame in them".
> >
> > Stevia, a sweet herb, NOT AN ADDITIVE, which helps in the metabolism of
>sugar, which would be ideal for diabetics, has now been approved as a
>dietary supplement by the F.D.A. For years, the F.D.A. has outlawed this
>sweet food because of their loyalty to MONSANTO.
> >
> > If it says "SUGAR FREE" on the label-DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!!!!
>Senator Howard Hetzenbaum wrote a bill that would have warned all infants,
>pregnant mothers and children of the dangers of aspartame. The bill would
>have also instituted independent studies on the problems existing in the
>population (seizures, changes in brain chemistry, changes in neurological
>and behavioral symptoms). It was killed by the powerful drug and chemical
>lobbies, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting
>public. Since the Conference of the American College of Physicians, we hope
>to have the help of some world leaders.

[Cloud_Princess]

OH MY i never knew all this ... guess whats being removed from my pantry tomorrow...

[cascading_waterfall]

Hi shimmering light,
I too suffered from depression ,i used to take anti-depressants but now when i feel low i have a cup of St John's Wort .This can be bought in health stores in a teabag form.

Vanessa xx

[Light in the Forest]

WOW, That's a wake-up call for me, as I love diet pepsi, just for the taste not because its diet. But I'm a caffine junky. I should go back to drinking just water agian. But I got hooked on pop and large amounts of caffee because of going back to college having to be up before the butt crack of dawn getting myself and three kids ready. And that will have to start all over again in the fall.(Yippe, not)

[Norma]

Gee I was so excited to find another thread on chocolate and then read up on various sugars.... I do use stevia, I use to use Equal but wanted more natural and without side effects ... no stevia around, sugar in the raw will do....

So is the information still relavent and have they found better answers to above information?

[Norma]

back now to the chocolate removing stress................. have you noticed that on some holidays... that revolve around chocolate mind you.... that when you really need chocolate and go to purchase some...... there is none??!!!!! The store clerk could not understand that jelly beans are not the same as DARK CHOCOLATE..... guess they were smart, as they said it they walked away quickly and out of sight..... wonder why? lol

[BelieveinUnicorns]

No stress eatting chocolate ~ that happens later when you run out or can't button your buttons ....

Why do some people stress over the fact that I am eatting there chocolate!

[Norma]

what? .... you're the one eating my chocolate!!

lol.... I lucked out.... the shelves had no dark chocolate... but my diabetic neighbor was given some for Easter, she was kind and parted with it for my sanity..... and too boot.... I got these awesome tasting cookies with Hershy Kisses in the middle..... Oh la la!

[pamiebe]

I keep dark chocolate in my freezer and eat a small chunk of it in the evenings while I am relaxing. I had read that dark chocolate is good for you. Whether it is good for me or not, I enjoy it and I don't overdo it!

[Jessica40]

Walgreen is selling for a short time only Dark Chocolate covered kernel popcorn. OMG, I am in heaven. Going back to get 10 bags before they runout.

[BelieveinUnicorns]

lmao .... dark chocolate is suppose to be healthy for you .... must be why I am not a fan of it!

Enjoy!

[Jessica40]

Uni you crazy. I am just a straight up chocolate lover. Most people I know don't like the dark one. It's ok, it has a bitter taste to it has to kinda grown on you.

[BelieveinUnicorns]

Crazy is as Crazy does ... and I does like chocolate!!!

I like white chocolate, milk chocolate ... but dark not so much but I will eat it when in a give me chocolate state.