Yule log chemistry trivia -- 4 hours cozy fireplace for your nerdy holiday parties (video)
(American Chemical Society) Ready to kick back and relax by the fire this holiday season? We've got you covered. Enjoy our chemistry-themed yule log trivia with a cup of hot cocoa at home or at the annual ugly sweater party: https://youtu.be/2zC6UgflHMQ. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Novel way to ID disease-resistance genes in chocolate-producing trees found
(Penn State) Chocolate-producing cacao trees that are resistant to a major pathogen were identified by an international team of plant geneticists. The findings point the way for plant breeders to develop trees that are tolerant of the disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - December 6, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Ghana: Gut Flora (Microbiota) and Health - Positive Effects of Polyphenol-Rich Foods
[Ghanaian Times] "Death sits in the bowels". "Bad digestion is the root of all evil".-Hippocrates 400 B.C. It appears that this statement was ignored for a long time. I will first rely on information from a paper by Duda-Chodak et al, titled "Interaction of dietary compounds, especially polyphenols,with the intestinal microbiota: a review" published in the European Journal of Nutrition (2015) 54:325-341. I must add that it is my continuing search on cocoa health benefits, which leads me to new frontiers. The authors noted (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 4, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Health Tip: Avoiding Cabin Fever This Winter
-- Sipping hot cocoa on the couch during winter may be a peaceful pursuit. But if cabin fever sets in on you or your family, it may make you very restless.
SCL Health gives advice for staying sane inside this winter:
Spend time in the kitchen.... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 25, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
How to fight illegal cocoa farms in Ivory Coast
(Ohio State University) The world's love for chocolate has helped decimate protected forests in western Africa as some residents have turned protected areas into illegal cocoa farms and hunting grounds. But an international group of researchers has found that simply patrolling the grounds of two forest reserves in Ivory Coast has helped reduce illegal activity by well more than half between 2012 and 2016. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 21, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Expert assesses possible health benefits of a selection of hot chocolates
Manufacturers have focused on adding health benefits to our favourite hot chocolate drink. The best was Cacao Superpowder which received the best score of 9/10. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ghana: World Stroke Day - Acting Fast to Cut Stroke in Half
[Ghanaian Times] Something interesting happened this morning. After my usual early morning posts about the health benefits of cocoa, a colleague reminded me that today, October 29, is World Stroke Day. The theme for this year's day is "Cut Stroke in Half" by 2030. The campaigns aims to reduce instances of stroke through an integrated prevention strategy. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Boy's eczema cleared overnight after taking a £2.60 cocoa butter moisturiser from Aldi
Sarah Boyd, from Caerphilly in Wales, was devastated that 'nothing was working' to relieve Ben of his skin condition. She found Palmer's Cocoa Butter, sold at Aldi, cleared his feet overnight. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 24, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Heavy rain in Ivory Coast may boost cocoa output but raises disease fears
Heavy rain last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa growing regions could boost harvesting in the coming months but farmers fear beans could start rotting due to high humidity, they told Reuters on Monday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Ghana: Students Urged to Consume More Cocoa to Improve Academic Performance
[Ghanaian Times] Students and pupils have been urged to consume more cocoa products to improve upon their academic performance in school. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 3, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
SpaceX ’s Starhopper Flight Test Is a Big Step Forward for Elon Musk’s Moon Dreams
You know a spacecraft is cool when you watch it fly and can’t help but think it looks more like a bit of Hollywood CGI than an actual machine. The SpaceX Starhopper spacecraft was very much the real deal — a bright chrome, a 60-ft. tall, three-finned contraption powered by a single engine — when it made an exceedingly brief, 54-second flight on Aug. 27 in Boca Chica, Texas. But it still seemed whimsically imaginary.
“It almost looked like a cartoon or something,” Cheryl Stevens, a nearby resident, told Reuters.
All the same, the flight represented a tiny but very important step for the develo...
Source: TIME: Science - August 28, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized onetime Space SpaceX Source Type: news
Chocolate Can Throw Off Potency Tests On Marijuana Edibles, Researchers Say
(AP) – How much marijuana is really in that pot brownie? Chocolate can throw off potency tests so labels aren’t always accurate, and now scientists are trying to figure out why.
In states where marijuana is legal, pot comes in cookies, mints, gummies, protein bars — even pretzels. These commercial products are labeled with the amount of high-inducing THC. That helps medical marijuana patients get the desired dose and other consumers attune their buzz.
But something about chocolate, chemists say, seems to interfere with potency testing. A chocolate labeled as 10 milligrams of THC could have far more and send s...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - August 26, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Syndicated CBSN Boston Marijuana Source Type: news
Ghana: Pupils to Enjoy Free Cocoa Drink As Breakfast From Sept 2019
[Ghanaian Times] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will from September 2019, launch the Cocoa Beverage Project (CBP), to supply pupils under the school feeding programme, cocoa drink in addition to their school meals. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 22, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ghana: Consumption of Polyphenol-Rich Cocoa Promotes Weight Loss
[Ghanaian Times] At a recent presentation on health benefits of cocoa, I was asked to shed light on how regular consumption of polyphenol-rich cocoa could promote weight loss. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 21, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Why Parents Are Turning to a Controversial Treatment for Food Allergies
This article was originally published on Undark. Read the original article. (Source: TIME: Health)
Source: TIME: Health - August 15, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Esther Landhuis / Undark Tags: Uncategorized allergies health onetime syndication Source Type: news
