...$150 worth of Purdy's Chocolates.
[Homer]Mmmmmmmmmm, chocolate [/Homer]
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...$150 worth of Purdy's Chocolates.
[Homer]Mmmmmmmmmm, chocolate [/Homer]
whoah -- what kind of tricks do you have to do to get a chocolate sponsorship?
Well, I have a couple things I'd like you to try...Quote:
Originally posted by britney
whoah -- what kind of tricks do you have to do to get a chocolate sponsorship?
Jumping up and down and shaking your boobs would do it.Quote:
Originally posted by britney
whoah -- what kind of tricks do you have to do to get a chocolate sponsorship?
Come on over and we'll "talk."Quote:
Originally posted by britney
whoah -- what kind of tricks do you have to do to get a chocolate sponsorship?
I had a dream I won a Mini cooper full of chocolate and skis. Then I woke up it was 10:00 and the overcast was shinning brightly my window and I wasn't at school. So here I am.
Eat more chocolate! Figures to the text below not included
Nature 424, 1013 (28 August 2003); doi:10.1038/4241013a
Plasma antioxidants from chocolate
Dark chocolate may offer its consumers health benefits the milk variety cannot match.
There is some speculation that dietary flavonoids from chocolate, in particular (-)epicatechin, may promote cardiovascular health as a result of direct antioxidant effects or through antithrombotic mechanisms1-3. Here we show that consumption of plain, dark chocolate (Fig. 1) results in an increase in both the total antioxidant capacity and the (-)epicatechin content of blood plasma, but that these effects are markedly reduced when the chocolate is consumed with milk or if milk is incorporated as milk chocolate. Our findings indicate that milk may interfere with the absorption of antioxidants from chocolate in vivo and may therefore negate the potential health benefits that can be derived from eating moderate amounts of dark chocolate.
To determine the antioxidant content of different chocolate varieties, we took dark chocolate and milk chocolate prepared from the same batch of cocoa beans and defatted them twice with n-hexane before extracting them with a mixture of water, acetone and acetic acid (70.0:29.8:0.2 by volume). We measured their in vitro total antioxidant capacities using the ferric-reducing antioxidant potential (FRAP) assay4; FRAP values were 147.4 4.5 and 78.3 3.4 mol reduced iron per 100 g for dark and milk chocolate, respectively. Volunteers must therefore consume twice as much milk chocolate as dark chocolate to receive a similar intake of antioxidants.
We recruited 12 healthy volunteers (7 women and 5 men with an average age of 32.2 1.0 years (range, 25–35 years). Subjects were non-smokers, had normal blood lipid levels, were taking no drugs or vitamin supplements, and had an average weight of 65.8 3.1 kg (range, 46.0–86.0 kg) and body-mass index of 21.9 0.4 kg m-2 (range, 18.6–23.6 kg m-2). On different days, following a crossover experimental design, subjects consumed 100 g dark chocolate, 100 g dark chocolate with 200 ml full-fat milk, or 200 g milk chocolate (containing the equivalent of up to 40 ml milk).
One hour after subjects had ingested the chocolate, or chocolate and milk, we measured the total antioxidant capacity of their plasma by FRAP assay. Plasma antioxidant levels increased significantly after consumption of dark chocolate alone, from 100 3.5% to 118.4 3.5% (t-test, P < 0.001), returning to baseline values (95.4 3.6%) after 4 h (Fig. 2a). There was no significant change in plasma FRAP values over the same period after ingestion of milk chocolate alone or of dark chocolate with milk (Fig. 2a).
The areas under the curves of (-)epicatechin plasma levels plotted against time5 were measured over the same 4-h period after ingestion for the three different conditions. Absorption of (-)epicatechin into the bloodstream after ingestion of chocolate was significantly less when the chocolate was accompanied by milk (- 46.4 4.1%; analysis of variance (ANOVA), P < 0.001) or if the chocolate itself contained milk (- 69.1 3.9%; ANOVA, P < 0.001; Fig. 2b).
Addition of milk, either during ingestion or in the manufacturing process, therefore inhibits the in vivo antioxidant activity of chocolate and the absorption into the bloodstream of (-)epicatechin. This inhibition could be due to the formation of secondary bonds between chocolate flavonoids and milk proteins6, 7, which would reduce the biological accessibility of the flavonoids and therefore the chocolate's potential antioxidant properties in vivo.
Our findings highlight the possibility that the in vivo antioxidant activity of flavonoids could be impaired by other dietary constituents. Other food combinations may also counteract the absorption and protective effects of flavonoids. There is therefore a need to take into account dietary habits when designing studies to assess the association between flavonoid-rich foods, antioxidant activity and degenerative diseases.
MAURO SERAFINI*, ROSSANA BUGIANESI*, GIUSEPPE MAIANI*, SILVIA VALTUENA*, SIMONE DE SANTIS* & ALAN CROZIER†
* Antioxidant Research Laboratory, Unit of Human Nutrition, National Institute for Food and Nutrition Research, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy
† Plant Products and Human Nutrition Group, Graham Kerr Building, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
e-mail: serafini@inran.it
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Competing financial interests: declared none.
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Gimme some chocolate and nobody gets hurt. :mad: :D
OKAY, folks, I hope this doesnt ruin anyone's Christmas, but I've got some bad news --Quote:
Originally posted by OJ
Jumping up and down and shaking your boobs would do it.
that avatar isn't actually "me," it is a "CARTOON," see?
here -- let me demonstrate the striking (and unfortunate) differences:
ME...
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...lazersarah.jpg
My AVATAR >> http://tetongravity.com/forums/images/avatars/at335.gif
ME...
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...party-pic2.JPG
My AVATAR >> http://tetongravity.com/forums/images/avatars/at335.gif
ME (and DJ Sapp and WSD)...
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...0the%20man.jpg
My AVATAR >> http://tetongravity.com/forums/images/avatars/at335.gif
GODIWISHTHISWASME...
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...s/10369/51.jpg
My AVATAR>> http://tetongravity.com/forums/images/avatars/at335.gif
Any questions???
How you doin'?Quote:
Originally posted by britney
Any questions???
Heh.Quote:
Originally posted by britney
OKAY, folks, I hope this doesnt ruin anyone's Christmas, but I've got some bad news --
that avatar isn't actually "me," it is a "CARTOON," see?
here -- let me demonstrate the striking (and unfortunate) differences:
ME...
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...party-pic2.JPG
I'm speechlessly admiring your wiener-holding technique...Quote:
Edit: [whine]Goddammit, OJ!!! I saw her first!!![/whine]
Could you post a short video of YOU jumping and down for comparison?Quote:
Originally posted by britney
Any questions???
Damn it, DJ! Why did you have to go and ruin that beautiful image?Quote:
Watch out for that OJ, he's a real lady-killer.Quote:
Originally posted by OJ
Heh.
:cool:
Damn girl...do fries come with dat shake?
I'm not complaining, but why do you always wear a blue shirt??? You're really pretty in that blue shirt you know. :D
Damn, and all this time I thought Britney was Phunk!:D
Quote:
Originally posted by iskibc
Damn, and all this time I thought Britney was Phunk!:D
ummmmm....phUnky looks good dressed up like a girl. Is this something that happens a lot in Oootah?
[QUOTE]Originally posted by PlayHarder
Could you post a short video of YOU jumping and down for comparison? [/QUOTE
playa knows what hes talkin about
How 'bout, you and your freind WSD jumping up and down on a short video.
you should also wear the same thing as whats in ur avatar
It could have been worse, it could have been me.Quote:
Originally posted by Viva
Damn it, DJ! Why did you have to go and ruin that beautiful image?
Except I would have thought that the picture was great if it was me between two hot women like that. :D
Okay, britney, now listen. You came really, really close here, but you didn't quite make it.
The rules specifically state that you must post a topless picture in order to be accepted. We all did it.
If you want, you can just save time by emailing them to me. I'll post them.
;)
Holy Freaking shit!!!
I would'nt have been such an ass here if I knew we were in the company of two hotties!!
Both you girls have a "10" in my book. Going to be in Colorado soon?:D
Quote:
Originally posted by Blurred Elevens
Holy Freaking shit!!!
I would'nt have been such an ass here if I knew we were in the company of two hotties!!
Both you girls have a "10" in my book. Going to be in Colorado soon?:D
:eek:
now THAT is the most shocking thing i have ever seen out of blurred!! its a Christmas miracle!
thanks. and, yes, since you asked so nicely, i happen to be arriving tonight. :D
cheers.
Only figures that I'm going to Idaho tomorrow.:(Quote:
Originally posted by britney
:eek:
now THAT is the most shocking thing i have ever seen out of blurred!! its a Christmas miracle!
thanks. and, yes, since you asked so nicely, i happen to be arriving tonight. :D
cheers.
Hopefully we can makes some turns sometime this winter, always fun to ride with hottie girl rippers!
Hope you have a Merry Christmas girl....:)
FFFFFUUUUUCCCCKKKKK!!!!!!!!!
I must have a fucking virus....it looks like Blurred is being civil...
Why wear anything?Quote:
Originally posted by bigtwig00
you should also wear the same thing as whats in ur avatar
You're still not gonna get any.Quote:
Originally posted by Blurred Elevens
Hopefully we can makes some turns sometime this winter, always fun to ride with hottie girl rippers!
Hope you have a Merry Christmas girl....:)
Love the signature dude.Quote:
Originally posted by Viva
You're still not gonna get any.
Well I have him blocked but he is prolly just trying to impress the ladies. Cuase, he thinks he might get laid. Which, isn't going to happen. Ever.
Yup, I'm sure you figured that out all on your own. I'm most definitley on ignore...:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by DINMS
Well I have him blocked but he is prolly just trying to impress the ladies. Cuase, he thinks he might get laid. Which, isn't going to happen. Ever.
(n00b note:
DINMS- his history with me is when the massive war over on Powdermag was starting to wind down, DINMS had a little accident. He jumped off his porch, and accidently wacked his head on a gutter. Now he wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed to begin with, but than he came at me out of right-field on the bandwagon. Poor little guy, he probably forgot that we got along just fine before the gutter incident. )
BTW-where is DINS now days?