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Anyone else notice how chocolate appears in so many diet products? If not, just go check your local drug store, Target, Wal-Mart...hell any store that sells them.
Seems like about 90% of "diet aids" are made out of some combination of chocolate. Which leads me to ask, hasn't anyone also noticed it seems more difficult to lose weight when eating this stuff?
Ever since that report came out that "chocolate" is "good for you" more and more products are appearing with chocolate in them. Of course, the report really focused on a specific type of chocolate..."DARK" unsweetend chocolate, and points out "limited use" is healthy. Seems like product manufactureres and consumers overlook that little fact.
Chocolate is a confection, a sweetened product...when you eat some you crave to eat more! Little wonder so-called "health food" companies make so many products with it. They fly off the shelves!! People think it is healthy, buy it, consume it like candy, then go buy some more. Smaller wonder those who do this are not losing weight.
Besides this, we make addicts out of our children. Again, take a good look at the "candy" selections, especially those closest to the cash registers where stores place the best "impulse buys" for consumers to see while waiting in line. Chocolate candies makes up the bulk of available products. Does this contribute to childhood obesity?
It makes me wonder just how reliable those "studies" really are, because they remind me of the ones Tobacco companies used to use to increase sales. NOW we know how THAT turned out don't we?
Seems like about 90% of "diet aids" are made out of some combination of chocolate. Which leads me to ask, hasn't anyone also noticed it seems more difficult to lose weight when eating this stuff?
Ever since that report came out that "chocolate" is "good for you" more and more products are appearing with chocolate in them. Of course, the report really focused on a specific type of chocolate..."DARK" unsweetend chocolate, and points out "limited use" is healthy. Seems like product manufactureres and consumers overlook that little fact.
Chocolate is a confection, a sweetened product...when you eat some you crave to eat more! Little wonder so-called "health food" companies make so many products with it. They fly off the shelves!! People think it is healthy, buy it, consume it like candy, then go buy some more. Smaller wonder those who do this are not losing weight.
Besides this, we make addicts out of our children. Again, take a good look at the "candy" selections, especially those closest to the cash registers where stores place the best "impulse buys" for consumers to see while waiting in line. Chocolate candies makes up the bulk of available products. Does this contribute to childhood obesity?
It makes me wonder just how reliable those "studies" really are, because they remind me of the ones Tobacco companies used to use to increase sales. NOW we know how THAT turned out don't we?
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