Wednesday, September 5

 
Shocking news, kids: Chocolate might actually be good for you! Yes, it's all true: some professors at the University of California at Davis did research back in the 1990s that found chocolate has antioxidant properties -- good for your heart, keeps you young, etc. That's not really new news, but the news is that the researchers spoke at a press conference yesterday at Davis.

Here's the story that moved on the Infobeat wire Tuesday (not the greatest news
source, but we pass no judgment):
http://www.infobeat.com/articles/news_health_2_90401.html

Here's the original announcement from 1996:
http://www-pubcomm.ucdavis.edu/newsreleases/09.96/news_chocolate.html

and the original (and enlightening and easy to read) FAQ on the research:
http://waterhouse.ucdavis.edu/chocolate.html

and here's the bio on Alan L. Waterhouse, the Davis professor whose day job is wine chemistry but who apparently moonlights with chocolate. (Note the chocolate link):
http://waterhouse.ucdavis.edu

Who knew UC-Davis was such a foodie paradise? Here are a professor's odes to two of life's essentials, and two major research targets (you can't say Davis doesn't have its priorities straight):

An Ode to Chocolate:
http://listproc.ucdavis.edu/class/200101/nutrition20-w01/0018.html

Later on, we move to the hard stuff. An Ode to Wine:
http://listproc.ucdavis.edu/class/200101/nutrition20-w01/0019.html

Still not enough chocolate information for you? Here's yet another link, to
a past exhibit at the Exploratorium, a fantastic children's museum in San Francisco:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/exploring_chocolate/index.html

All these links came from UC-Davis sources. Okay, I found them while prowling around the site. Food pros take note: Davis is an excellent source for all kinds of food information. Seriously, kids.



posted by Unknown 10:44 PM