Cocoa 'might prevent memory decline'

[scottycelt]

Cocoa may prevent Alzheimers but it causes Parkinson's Disease, I'm afraid.

http://www.worldhealth.net/forum/thread/99096/bad-news-for-chocolate-lovers-compound-i/?page=1

Caliban's got the right idea. Stick to whisky (or whiskey if you're Irish). It's much safer and excellent for blood circulation, especially to an under-nourished brain.

[Anna]

Cocoa may prevent Alzheimers but it causes Parkinson's Disease, I'm afraid.

And I had sent out an advance scouting party to see if Charbonnel & Walker hot chocolate drink as recommended by Cali was available here ... it is! But I think the excitement of owning and seeing such a pretty tin sitting on the shelf is now cancelled out by your post.

[Nick Armstrong]

And I had sent out an advance scouting party to see if Charbonnel & Walker hot chocolate drink as recommended by Cali was available here ... it is! But I think the excitement of owning and seeing such a pretty tin sitting on the shelf is now cancelled out by your post.

Ignore him Anna, despite his kilt and his hairy chest!

A little of what you fancy....

[hedgehog]

Cocoa may prevent Alzheimers but it causes Parkinson's Disease, I'm afraid.

http://www.worldhealth.net/forum/thread/99096/bad-news-for-chocolate-lovers-compound-i/?page=1

Interesting article - the problem seems to be found only in Genetically modified cocoa beans (you need to eat 100grams chocolate each day every day) - so one good reason to stick to organic chocolate!

[ahinton]

Cocoa may prevent Alzheimers but it causes Parkinson's Disease, I'm afraid.

http://www.worldhealth.net/forum/thr...ound-i/?page=1

Aaargh! It would seem that, like so much else in life, there's a downside to everything!

Caliban's got the right idea. Stick to whisky (or whiskey if you're Irish). It's much safer and excellent for blood circulation, especially to an under-nourished brain.

As the well known possessor of such a brain, I should nevertheless point out (churlish and pernickety though it might seem for me to do so), that Cali has not quite got the right idea, albeit that his only error is an extra E-number; his advice should read "Stick to whisky (or whisky if you're Irish)".

[Anna]

Ignore him Anna, despite his kilt and his hairy chest!
A little of what you fancy....

Well, a quick google says C&W do not use genetically modified cocoa and as I won't be swigging several mugs of it each day - Do you know what? I'm going to throw caution to the winds, throw my bonnet over the windmill and other assorted metaphors and buy a tin of it tomorrow!!
Let's live a little dangerously when it comes to cocoa! Also, on the plus side, the milk content provides valuable vitamin D so I won't develop rickets!

[scottycelt]

Don't say I didn't warn you, Anna ...

I'm only trying to help members in carefully and scientifically making the best and most sensible choices in life though I gave up long ago trying to help ahinton ...

[Karafan]

I fancied a cup of rococco but my cup was baroque.......

[amateur51]

**Aldi alert**Thursday 15th August** Aldi alert** Thursday 15th August **

Aldi will be selling a rather delightful-looking tin* of Spanish hot chocolate drops, at £2.99 for 350 grams.



Could someone remind me on Wednesday evening please?



Delightful-looking tin - ideal for setting off a new kitchen arrangement I'd say Anna, from the photo I've seen. Or else I'm sure that Terrence would be thrilled to receive it down Oxfam-way

[amateur51]

I fancied a cup of rococco but my cup was baroque.......

[Nick Armstrong]

Cali has not quite got the right idea, albeit that his only error is an extra E-number; his advice should read "Stick to whisky (or whisky if you're Irish)".

Twas not my error at all, but an interpolation by the bare-chested one.


My advice was the rather narrow

A small glass of 21 year old Springbank malt whisky. But as I've only ever tasted it once, years and years ago, it's unlikely to become a habit...

I would settle for a Highland Park or similar, instead... And there's no 'e' in either Springbank or Highland Park!

[ahinton]

[COLOR="#0000FF"]Twas not my error at all, but an interpolation by the bare-chested one.

Fair comment! I'd just like to add that what Margaret Thatcher really said was that there's no such thing as Irish Whiskey (well, being a gin imbiber like the late QM, I suppose that this might not be especially surprising)...

[alycidon]

Cocoa may prevent Alzheimers but it causes Parkinson's Disease, I'm afraid.

Hello scottycelt - I wondered when you'd eventually pop up! And how you've spoilt it for me - I'm not even going to look at your link. I'm just going to shove my head in the sand and go on believing that my hot chocolate will ward off memory loss! [Why don't the icons work every time?]

[Anna]

Browsing the hot drinks aisle in the supermarket this morning I was amazed at how many confectionery chocolate flavoured drinks there are - Aero, Galaxy, Maltesers, Wispa ..... On returning home (clutching my tin of Charbonnel et Walker!) I then started to look at calories, fat, sodium, etc. I see that Cadburys hot choc made with milk is 160kcal per mug. After that I stopped looking. I'm now more concerned with possible weight gain rather than warding off/encouraging ailments.

[Nick Armstrong]

clutching my tin of Charbonnel et Walker!

Review in due course, s.v.p.!