Tag Archives: Chocolate

04May/16

Smile! Laughter and chocolate are good for your health

May 4, 2016Factual, Fun, Information, News, Products, TechnologyAdrenaline, Benefit, Bliss, Brain, Cacao, Chocolate, Cortisol, Emotion, Flavanoids, Happy, Health, Heart, Hormone, Laughter, Love, Memory, Research, Science, Smile, SugarSephra

Here’s something that’s sure to put a smile on your face: A key to good health just might come in the form of a chocolate chuckle.

21Apr/16

Dark Chocolate could enhance Athletic Performance

April 21, 2016Factual, Information, News, TechnologyAthlete, Athletic, Cardiovascular, Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Diet, Endurance, Epicatechin, Exercise, Fitness, Flavanol, Health, Nitric Oxide, Oxygen, Performance, Research, Science, Sport, Study, trainingSephra

Dark chocolate has already been hailed for its positive effects on cardiovascular health – and now a study undertaken at London’s Kingston University has found the tasty treat could help give sportsRead More…

05Apr/16

How to be a Chocolate Snob!

April 5, 2016Culture, Entertainment, Information, News, ProductsAds, Bean, Brands, Cacao, Chilli, Chocolat, Chocolate, Cocoa, Coconut, Coffee, Commercial, Consumer, Couverture, Craving, Flavour, Food, Gourmet, Health, London, Medical, Milk, Promos, School, Snob, Soil, Sugar, Sweet, Tasting, Tea, Therapy, Weather, WineSephra

Chocolate is the new wine and coffee, but you’ll need a masterclass to figure out flavour notes and pinpoint the provenance of the bean.

16Mar/16

My Favourite Brain Food… Chocolate.

March 16, 2016Factual, Information, News, UncategorizedBrain, Chocolate, Cognitive, Diabetes, Diabetic, Fat, Food, Heart, Salt, Science, Starch, SugarSephra

For all of you who have given up sweets for Lent, I apologize in advance. Just remember, Easter is coming.

08Mar/16

How eating chocolate can help improve your maths

March 8, 2016Factual, Information, News, Products, Technology, UncategorizedArithmetic, Brain, Chocolate, Cocoa, Compound, Flavanols, Maths, Nutrition, Polyphenol, PsychologicalSephra

Mental arithmetic became easier after maths volunteers had been given large amounts of compounds found in chocolate, called flavanols, in a hot cocoa drink.

22Feb/16

Eating Chocolate ‘Improves Brain Function’ – study

February 22, 2016Factual, Information, News, Products, TechnologyBrain, Cardiovascular, Chocolate, Cholestorol, Circulation, Cognitive, Diet, Dietary, Function, Heart, Hormones, Lifestyle, Memory, Pamela Peeke, StrokeSephra

Chocolate could help protect against normal age-related cognitive decline Cheering news for those with a sweet tooth – a recent study has found that regular chocolate consumption is associated with better cognitiveRead More…

11Feb/16

The Experience of Chocolate Craving

February 11, 2016Factual, Information, News, TechnologyAnitdepressant, Anxiety, Carbohydrates, Chocoholic, Chocolate, Comfort, Craving, Depression, Economics, Hormones, Menopause, Neurophysiological, Pleasure, Science, Serotonin, Therapy, UniqueSephra

“The experience of chocolate craving”- an extract from The Economics of Chocolate The following is excerpted from The Economics of Chocolate which provides an economic analysis, as well as an interdisciplinary overviewRead More…

12Jan/16

Barry Callebaut invent chocolate that doesn’t melt

January 12, 2016Factual, Fun, Information, News, Products, TechnologyAfrica, Asia, Callebaut, Chocolate, Chocolatier, Middle East, ScienceSephra

Barry Callebaut scientists invent chocolate that doesn’t melt – and it could be a sweet game changer.

11Dec/15

Fife Business Matters meets business man David Archer

December 11, 2015Factual, Information, NewsAsda, Awards, business, Business Gateway, Chocolate, David Archer, Donut, Europe, Fife, Fountain, Middle East, Popcorn, SephraSephra

Fife Business Matters met up with business man David Archer, Managing Director of Sephra Europe Ltd and heard how his love of music led to the creation of an innovative, fun foodsRead More…

26Nov/15

Exploring the physics of a Chocolate Fountain

November 26, 2015Factual, Information, News, TechnologyChocolate, Fountain, Mathematics, Physics, Research, StudySephra

A UCL mathematics student has found that the falling ‘curtain’ of chocolate in a chocolate fountain surprisingly pulls inwards rather than going straight downwards because of surface tension.