Six Things You Can Do with Chocolate
Mmmm! Chocolate.....
1) Cure a broken heart…
French doctors prescribed chocolate to women patients for a broken heart.
(Source: BBC)
2) Kill a dog…
Chocolate is poisonous to dogs and other pets, and can even be lethal. It contains theobromine which affects their heart and nervous system.
(Source: BBC)
3) Melt it…
Chocolate starts to melt at 34C (93F) which is body temperature - that's why it melts in your mouth.
(Source: www.divinechocolate.com)
4) Eat more…
92% of people would like to eat more chocolate! "Put it on your list of 'Things To Do' today. That way at least you'll get one of the things done."
(Source: 43things.com)
5) Grow it on trees…
Chocolate grows on trees! All chocolate comes from cacao beans - the seeds of the cacao fruit, which grows on a jungle tree. Cacao beans taste like dark chocolate, because they are dark chocolate!
6) Use it as money…
The Mayan people were some of the first to grow large plantations of cacao as early as 600AD. Both the Maya and Aztec people used cacao as a form of money. Early explorers brought chocolate to Europe.