1. Chocolate is good for you.
True. A little chocolate each day is good for your health. Chocolate contains antioxidants which help to protect the body against cancer. It also contains several minerals and some protein. In fact, one bar of chocolate contains more protein than a banana.
2. White chocolate is not chocolate.
True. White chocolate doesn’t contain any cocoa so it is not real chocolate.
3. Chocolate contains “happy chemicals”.
True. Chocolate contains chemicals that produce the same reaction in the body as falling in love for example. Its effect is similar to the endorphin hormone’s.
4. Dark chocolate is healthier than milk chocolate.
True. The healthy part of the chocolate is the cocoa, and dark chocolate has at least 50-70% cocoa. On the other hand, a lot of commercial milk chocolate bars have hardly any cocoa in them but lots of sugar and fat.
5. A piece of chocolate is a good treat for a dog.
False. A little chocolate can make a dog sick. A lot of chocolate can kill it. It is because chocolate contains theobromine, which dogs (cats and horses) do not tolerate. Their heart rate increases and they can have a heart attack. Milder symptoms include vomiting and diarrhea.
6. Americans are the world’s biggest per capita chocolate consumers.
False. Americans consume a lot of chocolate but per capita the Swiss consume more. The Swiss consume ten kilograms per person per year.
7. The average person will consume 10.000 chocolate bars is a lifetime.
True.
8. A fifty gram bar of chocolate contains the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee.
False. Chocolate contains much less caffeine than coffee but it does contain some.
9. American and Russian space flights have always had several bars of chocolate on board.
True.
10. In Alfred Hitchcock’s film, Psycho, chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous shower scene.
True. In fact, they used a lot of chocolate sauce because the scene took seven days to shoot.
