Chocolates do not aggravate acne

IT'S a common myth that chocolate aggravates acne. Experiments conducted at the University of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Naval Academy found that consumption of chocolate — even frequent intake — had no effect on the incidence of acne. Professional dermatologists today do not link acne with diet.

n Chocolate has less caffeine that coffee.There is about 5 to 10 milligrams of caffeine in one ounce of bittersweet chocolate, 5 milligrams in milk chocolate, and 10 milligrams in a six-ounce cup of cocoa. By contrast, there is 100 to 150 milligrams of caffeine in an eight-ounce cup of brewed coffee.

• Christopher Columbus, on his fourth visit to America, came across cocoa beans, which he presented to the Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, They, however, dismissed chocolate as a bizarre tribal concoction.
  
  

• It was reported that Napoleon carried chocolate with him on his military campaigns, and ate it when he needed quick energy.
  
  

• Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous 45-second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, Psycho which actually took seven days to shoot.
  
  

• ‘Giri Choco’ is a Japanese custom which means ‘duty chocolate’. It calls for employees to give chocolates to their managers as a token of loyalty.
  
  

• A study indicated that when men crave food, they tend to crave fat and salt, while when women crave food, they tend to desire chocolate.

— Compiled by Gaurav Sood