Come here and gimme a Kiss
I am ridiculously pleased to announce breaking news from the Journal of the American Medical Association that the amount of chocolate found in one and a half Hershey’s Kisses can lower your blood pressure.
Before you start overwhelming me with fan mail, allow me to clarify that this is news that can be seen from two different viewpoints, and we chocoholics must look at it from a low-fat-milkshake-is-half-full perspective. One the one hand, sadly, it’s not a license to order that Dark Chocolate Orgasm dessert beckoning from the fancy schmancy menu, using the old “It’s got antioxidants!” reasoning. But on the other hand, it does mean you can indulge your sweet tooth, even while watching your waistline. Here’s the deal:
Researchers from the University of Cologne in Germany recruited volunteers (rough job) to eat a square of German dark chocolate (a candy bar called Ritter Sport) daily for almost five months. The amount was equivalent to about 1.5 Hershey's Kisses. Volunteers who ate that amount wound up with lower blood pressure scores than those who ate white chocolate (which isn’t even chocolate, technically, but is frigging delish nonetheless.) It’s thought that the active ingredient is cocoa, rich with flavanols - plant-based compounds which you may know for giving red wine its heart-healthy benefits.
The study was small, so more research is needed. Scientists, please feel free to contact me through iVillage and the Weighting Game blog. Although, in full disclosure, I was just at the doctor’s office and my BP was 90/60 or something crazily low like that which, as perversely pleasing as that may be (I eat more sodium than a deer at a salt lick), would likely disqualify me.
Enjoy your one-and-a-half kisses, everyone! Do it for science.
Comments
I would give almost anything to meet a freak of nature who is capable of eating 1.5 Hersheys kisses.
OMG, I love Ritter Sport! Having lived in Germany, I think they have nailed the art of chocolate. They sell them at Trader Joe's and my favorite is a square with whole hazelnuts. Somehow, the nuts in there make me think the chocolate can't be that bad for me if there are whole nuts in it! But you're right, Tami, who can eat 1.5 kisses? LOL!
Best line ever: "Do it for science."
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