Tuesday, October 08, 2002


healthy chocolate; pizza topping; shala review

major food companies are finally getting on the bandwagon to promote chocolate as a health food. look for SoBe chocolate bars near you soon. SoBe plans to market these "functional" chocolate bars as healthy, good-for-you products. well, we'll have to see what the quality of these bars are like before we make any judgements. . .

but i'd say the cocoa quality will be low. they appear to be marketing solely to teen-age boys, and are offering only milk chocolate products. but long-time readers know that high amounts of quality dark chocolate offer the greatest health boost. the various herbs and such they are putting in these bars appear the focus of their health marketing, not the chocolate itself. which is odd -- the health benefits of the other stuff have yet to be proven, whereas the benefits of cocoa itself are now clear scientific facts. strange!

i know it's hard to believe, but i understand that some people do tire of the classic pizza margherita. this blows my mind -- it's like saying you're bored with oxygen. but for these people, i am offering a link to a mushroom and cream sauce topping. not that i would personally eat it! the standard tomato-based pizza sauce is loaded with the wonderful anti-cancer and anti-heart disease chemical lycopene. . .making, yes, pizza a health food. need to lower your cholesterol? eat pizza with tomato sauce!

finally there's a nice review of the shala, the yoga school started by many of the teachers who left jivamukti in the big brouhaha earlier this year. the verdict: major relaxation with less attitude. if you've been missing rhana and cliff -- yearn no more.

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