Sugar, Multitasking, Dark Chocolate
Just 2½ percent of us can do two things at once – talking on a cell phone while driving at peak performance.
Dark Chocolate Study: Eating two Hershey’s Kisses every day can prevent 85 heart attacks and strokes in every 10,000 people over a decade. (previous post here)
The taste of sugar: I bet you would be hard-pressed to find someone today who had never tasted sugar. Might we be better off without it?
Multitasking: The American attitude toward multitasking has been the Lake Woebegone attitude: We’re all above average.
Chocolate: Once again, a study saying that we should all eat chocolate! I love these studies.
Well it appears that 97 1/2% are below average. Or at least below where they probably need to be to drive safely.
Thanks for the information about Kisses. I feel less guilty after reading this post.
So I gather that dark, unsweetened chocolate is the best for you.
It is interesting about sugar. I wonder when sugar beets came into widespread use. Also I wonder whether or not they Europeans used the sucrose from starch conversion in malted barley.
99% of us thinks we are among the 2.5% that can do two things at once.
Actually, it’s an interesting exercise to count all the foods that were not yet available in ancient Europe. To sugar, add: chocolate, tomatoes, potatoes, corn, avocado, common beans (navy, cranberry, black, kidney and lima), peanuts, pumpkins, winter squash, certain nuts (Black walnuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts and pecans), vanilla beans, turkey and chili peppers.