The Dark Side Of Chocolate When I heard the name of the documentary I must say I expected something different to what it really was. The things that I saw presented in this documentary never even crossed my mind before. When purchasing chocolate products‚ who really stops to wonder about the background of the product. I will never look at chocolate the same again. What truly shocked me was the names of the companies that were ignoring what was going on. I could not believe that they would
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The Dark Side of Chocolate is a documentary that was produced in 2010 by a journalist named Miki Mistrati. Who investigates the use of trafficked children to be used for child labor in the harvesting of cocoa beans for the production of chocolate. According to the documentary 3 million tons of chocolate are consumed every year‚ half in Europe. But the success of chocolate is partly due to the fact that child labor is used to harvest cocoa beans on cocoa plantations in Africa. The filming started
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Dark chocolate history goes back at least 3000 years. What began as a bitter drink in the pre-historic tropics of South America has become one of the world’s most popular treats. For most of this time‚ dark chocolate was the only form. So chocolate history is really the history of dark chocolate. Native American Drink Throughout the tropical areas of Central and South America‚ a room-temperature drink made from cacao seeds has been enjoyed for several thousand years‚ with the earliest
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Dark chocolate is brimming with antioxidants and heart-healthy properties‚ research finds Tuesday‚ April 05‚ 2011 by: James Schreiber http://www.naturalnews.com/031959_dark_chocolate_antioxidants.html (NaturalNews) Ongoing research shows that eating dark chocolate exerts beneficial effects throughout the whole body. High quality chocolate delivers disease-zapping antioxidants‚ lowers blood pressure and protects your heart and liver‚ all in one fell crunch. Chemistry Central Journal brings
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Why is Dark Chocolate Healthy?: Chocolate is made from plants‚ which means it contains many of the health benefits of dark vegetables. These benefits are from flavonoids‚ which act as antioxidants. Antioxidants protect the body from aging caused by free radicals‚ which can cause damage that leads to heart disease. Dark chocolate contains a large number of antioxidants (nearly 8 times the number found in strawberries). Flavonoids also help relax blood pressure through the production of nitric oxide
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The dark side of the medal. Nowadays‚ globalization is one of the buzzwords of our modern world: opinions vary considerably over its pros and cons. In fact‚ this phenomenon affects everyone even in the most remote and less developed countries. It does help development and surely has helped us to know each other’s need in a better way‚ demolishing the walls separating cultures. But stop for a second and think about the negative aspects and consequences of globalization that we actually face in our
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Isaac J Garcia 23 Sept 2013 Essay 2 Eng. 095 Subject - Milk Chocolate or Dark Chocolate Type - objective essay Role -facts Audience – everyone Purpose – to inform In this objective essay I will compare milk chocolate with dark chocolate. First there was chocolate‚ from milk to dark but which one would be favored. Many people would say milk chocolate and then some would say dark chocolate. For many reasons this could be pretty much up in the air. If you asked
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The Dark Side Do good and evil really exist? Are they just concepts or reality? We all have our own opinions. I consider good and evil to just be concepts. What constitutes as good or evil? What is suffering‚ and what causes it? What does the Bible have to say about it‚ and how do we know God only wants us to be happy? I’ll be talking about all of these items in this essay. Where do ‘evil’ and ‘goodness’ come from? Everything comes from God. Whether it is what you consider bad or good. God obviously
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BENEFITS OF DARK CHOCOLATE” Chocolate is one of the most demanded sweet snacks all over the world. It has been traded internationally for centuries. Chocolate is made from beans derived from the cacao tree which is mixed with cocoa butter or plant oils and powdered sugar to produce solid confection. There are varieties of different forms and flavours of chocolate produced from different ingredients. The main types of chocolate are white chocolate‚ milk chocolate‚ semisweet chocolate‚ bittersweet
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& Contrast English 101 14 October 2010 Milk Chocolate vs. Dark Chocolate Do you find yourself favoring your chocolate to be smooth and creamy or dark and beneficial? One might argue that dark chocolate in comparison to milk chocolate is similar to a Coca Cola and a diet Coca Cola. Whichever your chocolate preference may be‚ there are millions of different mouth watering assortments ready to be eaten. I am a fan of dark chocolate and the small‚ but significant health benefits it offers
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