Re: OT: consuming dark chocolate linked to reduced risk of type 2 diabetes?

john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:

On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 09:36:35 +0000, Martin Brown
<'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:
 

On 10/12/2024 05:02, Jan Panteltje wrote:

Eating dark chocolate linked with reduced risk of type 2 diabetes
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241204183114.htm
Source:
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Summary:
Consuming dark, but not milk, chocolate may be associated with lower risk of
developing type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a new study.

 
That is probably because there is comparatively little sugar in >70%
cocoa solids dark chocolate and mostly expensive natural cocoa butter.
 
It is far more likely that consuming the other cheap and nasty stuff
full of dodgy fats and loads of sugar is *causing* type 2 diabetes.
 
I like chocolate up to 85% cocoa solids and I have tasted 90%, 95% and
100% which are all too bitter for my palate. One of the Xmas lectures
was on chocolate  a few years back. Best high quality chocolate in the
world includes Swiss, Portuguese, Belgian and Japanese.
 
We also had US Hershey bar available to taste - the world's only vomit
flavoured "chocolate" (doesn't meet EU regulations to be chocolate).
 
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Hersheys-not-popular-in-Europe

 
The Hershey Special Dark bars are OK in an emergency, like stranded in
a life raft or a prison cell.
 
I won't forgive Hershey for buying Joseph Schmidt Confections and
killing it.

The vomit taste of Hershey bars used to be from the sour milk formula. 

My Hebridean crofter ancestors (Nicolson of Skye) used to prefer drinking
sour milk, and a lot of butter used to be made from sour cream.  (That’s
why the modern stuff says “sweet cream butter” on the package.)

 
Cadbury is mostly inedible. As is Dove.

Cadbury and Co. licensed their name to Mars or somebody, who aggressively
pursue anyone selling the real stuff.

Ritter Sport, you can still get, and it’s better than Cadbury or Tobler
anyway.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs
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Dr Philip C D Hobbs  Principal Consultant  ElectroOptical Innovations LLC /
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