It is often argued that more lore attaches to chocolate than to any other human consumable except wine. As the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa wrote: “Look, there’s no metaphysics on earth like chocolate.” In the February issue of Scientific American, Harold Schmitz and Howard-Yana Shapiro of Mars, Incorporated, report on the future of chocolate, given the threats to the fragile cacao tree whose seeds provide the cocoa ingredients from which all chocolate products are made. Below is a timeline documenting some of the many uses of chocolate through the ages.
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Add CommentAhhhh.., chocolates.. real nutrition to life..
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisPharmaceutically, thalidomide, extracted from cacao, is used to treat respiratory conditions. Caffeine is more effective, but in high concentrations it is toxic.
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