{"id":11056,"date":"2007-04-17T14:55:35","date_gmt":"2007-04-17T21:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/04\/17\/better-than-chocolate-evidently-not.html"},"modified":"2007-04-17T14:55:35","modified_gmt":"2007-04-17T21:55:35","slug":"better_than_chocolate_evi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/04\/17\/better_than_chocolate_evi.html","title":{"rendered":"Better than chocolate?  Evidently not."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thescotsman.scotsman.com\/index.cfm?id=580712007\" target=\"_blank\">Chocolate is more stimulating than kissing<\/a>. &nbsp;Or so some goofy scientists say.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Six heterosexual couples in established romantic relationships took part in the study at Middlesex University. Each was fitted with monitors that recorded their heart rates, and sensors were attached to their scalps to record electrical activity in the brain.<\/p>\n<p>Each was then given a bar of plain chocolate and asked to break off a piece and allow it to slowly melt in their mouth. The couple were then asked to kiss one another.<\/p>\n<p>The study found that, at the point chocolate melts in the mouth, all regions of the brain receive a boost far more intense and longer-lasting than that felt when kissing. Chocolate also made the heart beat faster and for longer than kissing.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Lewis, who runs a private research company called The Mind Lab, added: &#8220;There is no doubt that chocolate beats kissing hands-down when it comes to providing a long-lasting body and brain buzz.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<em>They <\/em>haven&#8217;t kissed <em>Margie<\/em>. &nbsp;That&#8217;s all <em>I<\/em> have to say.<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/spluch.blogspot.com\/2007\/04\/chocolate-better-than-kissing.html\" target=\"_blank\">Spluch<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chocolate is more stimulating than kissing. &nbsp;Or so some goofy scientists say. Six heterosexual couples in established romantic relationships took part in the study at Middlesex University. Each was fitted&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[38,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-drink","category-love-and-marriage"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13405,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/12\/29\/good_health_news_for_the.html","url_meta":{"origin":11056,"position":0},"title":"Good health news for the holidays!","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 29-Dec-08 4:16pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Chocolate, tea, and wine are all good for your brain! 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Palpitations! # Her: I found a cheese for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~Tweets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13875,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/02\/22\/there-is-not-single-time-i-wal.html","url_meta":{"origin":11056,"position":4},"title":"There is not single time I wal&#8230;","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 22-Feb-09 10:29pm","format":false,"excerpt":"There is not single time I walk past a box of chocolate chip cookies without dying to stuff several in my mouth.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~Tweets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":40836,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/20\/time-to-be-proactive-about-my-health.html","url_meta":{"origin":11056,"position":5},"title":"Time to be proactive about my health!","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 20-Jan-14 9:17pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Because I'd hate to suffer from diabetes, I'd better start taking massive doses prophylactically...Reshared post from +Peter BrombergWow! 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