Stick With Chocolate! February 14, 2019
Posted by nrhatch in Food & Drink, Happiness, Humor.trackback
Certain foods, like chocolate, may enhance your mood and relieve anxiety.
Other foods, like candy and carbohydrates, provide temporary feelings of euphoria, but may ultimately increase feelings of anxiety and depression.
My RX for this Valentine’s Day: stick with chocolate!
With a side of flowers!
But don’t take my word for it. To read more: 8 Scientifically-Backed Ways to Beat the Winter Blues
I’ll add a 9th Scientifically Backed Way to Beat the Winter Blues ~> LAUGH!
To get you started . . .
A guy wandering the beach found a bottle washed up on the sand. A genie popped out and gave him three wishes:
“I want a million dollars.”
Poof! A million dollars.
“And a Jaguar convertible.”
Poof! A Jaguar convertible.
“Last wish. Hmm . . . I know! Make me irresistible to women.”
Poof! The genie turned him into a box of chocolates.
Aah . . . that’s better!
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Spirit Lights The Way 
Chocolates would work for me. I’d take him home.
Me too . . . and, since he will no longer be needing the million bucks and the Jaguar, I’ll take them home too!
Absolutely. How would we get home without his Jaguar.
Hey! Let’s make a pitstop at Starbucks on the way home ~ for a double chocolate mocha latte with chocolate shavings!
If you’re saying chocolate is healthy?
I’m all in…
Mais, oui!
* Dark Chocolate ~ “Chocolate possesses phenylethylamine, an amphetamine-like compound that acts as a natural mood enhancer, and theobromine, which is a mild stimulant. To reap the benefits of dark chocolate, it should be eaten regularly in small amounts.” [Top 100 Healing Foods, p. 117]
If you insist…
Be our guest
Be our guest
Put this theory to the test!
Happy Valentine’s Day, Nancy! 🍫
Thanks, LM. It’s a beautiful day here . . . perfect for eating chocolate!
Hahaha! 😉 Be careful what you wish for!
I will stick with chocolate too! 🙂
We rarely buy anything from the candy aisle . . . except for chocolate. And that we buy in bulk!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Sounds good to me!
Happy Valentine’s Day to you too!
You gotta buy in bulk for you never know when you may have a snowstorm and not be able to get to the store! 🙂 🙂
Exactly! Who needs bread? Let them eat chocolate!
I concur… Chocolate, flowers and laughter.
👍🏽👍🏽🤣.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Nancy… 💝
Happy Valentine’s Day, Jo!
Koan to ponder: Is it ever too early in the day for chocolate?
I’ll take my chocolate with a side of chocolate, please. Happy Valentine’s Day, Nancy!
Sending sunshine and laughter your way, Jill ~> Happy Valentine’s Day to you and Derek!
While I appreciate the fact that chocolate is good for me, I am one of those people who can take it or leave it. Now if you could please find an article expounding upon the health benefits of caramel, I’d be most grateful. 😊
I’ll see what I can do since I’m also a fan of caramel . . . especially when enveloped in chocolate. 😀
Men are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.
Surprise! 😯
I know I am powerless when it comes to chocolates 🍫
Chocolate has animal magnetism! 😀
Grrrrrr….
Valentine’s Day?
Bah! Humbug!
(Just joking)
A year ago, Valentine’s Day was also Ash Wednesday, which made it a day of fasting. I wondered, would it have been okay to give a box of chocolate candy to a Catholic girl that day? Should she then have waited to open it until the next day?
I guess it would depend on her sense and sensibility.
It’s always good to hear that something you love is also good for you. I’ll take chocolates with a side of flowers.
Agreed! Hope your day offered up a few sweet surprises! 😀
Yay! Love chocolate, Nancy. The joke is hilarious. 🤣
Glad you enjoyed. I’ve shared it before but it seemed perfect for this post.
I’m not big on sweets, but when I indulge, I always go for the chocolate! I do love anything chocolate! 🙂
Smart thinking, Debra!