What Makes You Happy?

Hey now...this thread is What makes you Happy!!!!

So my answer today is Chocolates!!!! :applaud: :woot: :thumbsup: :D :inlove:

Im Happy i dont bank with BoA. :victory:

Enna wrote:So my answer today is Chocolates!!!! :applaud: :woot: :thumbsup: :D :inlove:

Not just chocolates: Dark chocolates. :thumbsup:

Not spending my entire pay check today and spend the next 6 months sleeping on the couch anyway, because the diamond I bought is too small. :mrgreen:

it's all about cultured dyeless diamonds, flawless and about $399/carat. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Not just chocolates: Dark chocolates. :thumbsup:

Of course! :thumbsup: Hmmm and for me a Moissanite stone (instead of diamond) would be nice also! :mrgreen:

A bouquet of flowers waiting for me on my office desk.

Even if I didn't like the person who sent them, it feels nice.

:mrgreen:

Enna wrote:

Of course! :thumbsup: Hmmm and for me a Moissanite stone (instead of diamond) would be nice also! :mrgreen:

Ooooo... you wouldn't mind a Moissanite?..?

How Yoooooo doin? :mrgreen:



and where's all my Milk Chocolate peeps..??

krim wrote:


How Yoooooo doin? :mrgreen:



and where's all my Milk Chocolate peeps..??

reminds me of Joey Tribbiani.. :rofl:

Guylian milk chocolates rock..

(the seashell milk chocs..)

Yeah, those are good. :drooling:



I'm still waiting for my giri choco. :bonk:

i love chocolate. eating M&M's right now. hehehe :hehe:

krim wrote:and where's all my Milk Chocolate peeps..??

Wait for Geezer. ;)

MissMonika wrote:i love chocolate. eating M&M's right now. hehehe :hehe:

i haven't had M&M's in ages...then again i don't eat much chocolate thesedays.... :bonk:

qilver wrote:i haven't had M&M's in ages...then again i don't eat much chocolate thesedays.... :bonk:

Chocolate, that is, dark chocolate, is supposed to have some health benefits... Flavonoids/polyphenols or something like that. :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:
Chocolate, that is, dark chocolate, is supposed to have some health benefits... Flavonoids/polyphenols or something like that. :headscratch:

i heard something about Chocolate having some benefits, but what about the sugar content....too much of anything is not necessarily that good for you....:headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:
Chocolate, that is, dark chocolate, is supposed to have some health benefits... Flavonoids/polyphenols or something like that. :headscratch:

Dark Chocolate Has Health Benefits Not Seen in Other Varieties By Daniel DeNoon

WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Michael Smith, MD


Aug. 27, 2003 -- Got high blood pressure? Try a truffle. Worried about heart disease? Buy a bon-bon.


It's the best medical news in ages. Studies in two prestigious scientific journals say dark chocolate -- but not white chocolate or milk chocolate -- is good for you.


Dark Chocolate Lowers Blood Pressure


Dark chocolate -- not white chocolate -- lowers high blood pressure, say Dirk Taubert, MD, PhD, and colleagues at the University of Cologne, Germany. Their report appears in the Aug. 27 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.


But that's no license to go on a chocolate binge. Eating more dark chocolate can help lower blood pressure -- if you've reached a certain age and have mild high blood pressure, say the researchers. But you have to balance the extra calories by eating less of other things.


Antioxidants in Dark Chocolate


Dark chocolate -- but not milk chocolate or dark chocolate eaten with milk -- is a potent antioxidant, report Mauro Serafini, PhD, of Italy's National Institute for Food and Nutrition Research in Rome, and colleagues. Their report appears in the Aug. 28 issue of Nature. Antioxidants gobble up free radicals, destructive molecules that are implicated in heart disease and other ailments.


"Our findings indicate that milk may interfere with the absorption of antioxidants from chocolate ... and may therefore negate the potential health benefits that can be derived from eating moderate amounts of dark chocolate."


Translation: Say "Dark, please," when ordering at the chocolate counter. Don't even think of washing it down with milk. And if health is your excuse for eating chocolate, remember the word "moderate" as you nibble.


The Studies


Taubert's team signed up six men and seven women aged 55-64. All had just been diagnosed with mild high blood pressure -- on average, systolic blood pressure (the top number) of 153 and diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) of 84.


Every day for two weeks, they ate a 100-gram candy bar and were asked to balance its 480 calories by not eating other foods similar in nutrients and calories. Half the patients got dark chocolate and half got white chocolate.


Those who ate dark chocolate had a significant drop in blood pressure (by an average of 5 points for systolic and an average of 2 points for diastolic blood pressure). Those who ate white chocolate did not.



In the second study, Serafini's team signed up seven healthy women and five healthy men aged 25-35. On different days they each ate 100 grams of dark chocolate by itself, 100 grams of dark chocolate with a small glass of whole milk, or 200 grams of milk chocolate.


An hour later, those who ate dark chocolate alone had the most total antioxidants in their blood. And they had higher levels of epicatechin, a particularly healthy compound found in chocolate. The milk chocolate eaters had the lowest epicatechin levels of all.


Chocolate for Blood Pressure: Darker Is Better


What is it about dark chocolate? The answer is plant phenols -- cocoa phenols, to be exact. These compounds are known to lower blood pressure.


Chocolates made in Europe are generally richer in cocoa phenols than those made in the U.S. So if you're going to try this at home, remember: Darker is better.


Just remember to balance the calories. A 100-gram serving of Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate Bar has 531 calories, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. If you ate that much raw apple you'd only take in 52 calories. But then, you'd miss out on the delicious blood pressure benefit.


A hint: Don't replace healthy foods with chocolate. Most people's diets have plenty of sweets. Switch those for some chocolate if you're going to try the truffle treatment.

krim wrote:
BoA blows, my friend sent in a $21.5k tuition check, and they rejected it because the signature wasn't exactly like the one used to open the account.

Crap, then they should have rejected all my checks since my signature has changed...significantly. It's not even close to the one on my DL.

And dark chocolate really makes me happy.

i dont think they'd care if it's like a $60 check for your cell phone bill, but when it's $21,000 they check... either way, he couldn't goto school that semester.

Tu_triky wrote:Antioxidants in Dark Chocolate


Translation: Say "Dark, please," when ordering at the chocolate counter.

I keep a bag of bittersweet chocolate in the freezer at all times. :hehe:
I find it is also a good anti-depressant as well :woot:

What makes me happy is completing the full set of Kotobuiya Inuyasha figues. Just won the final two on ebay!! :yippee: :yippee:

Eve wrote:

I keep a bag of bittersweet chocolate in the freezer at all times. :hehe:
I find it is also a good anti-depressant as well :woot:

What makes me happy is completing the full set of Kotobuiya Inuyasha figues. Just won the final two on ebay!! :yippee: :yippee:

post the pix on them...cool you won a bid, good for you. :thumbsup:
which reminds me, i gotta post some of my figurines up on the anime thread...sometime if i get around to it. :hehe: