RUSSIAN MAN HITS A WALL WITH HAMMER TO STEAL BROCOLADE (source nu.nl)

A Russian man took three hours to hit the wall of a Siberian shop with a sledgehammer, to steal ten bags of Brocolade.

” The 18-year-old local resident was detained on suspicion of burglary. He confessed that he had stolen beer and coffee, but research showed that that not failed ”, said a police spokesman Monday against the news agency RIA Novosti.

The man confessed later, he just has stolen Brocolade…

Yom Yom Cacao! A Favorite maya drink lives on

In pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, the spider monkey was identified
with licentiousness and sexual abandon, an apt symbol for these
alabaster effigy vases, which would have held a frothy chocolate
drink believed to have aphrodisiac qualities. The almond-shaped
cacao seeds in the photograph have been fermented and roasted,
and are ready to be ground into powder.

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ECA Cocoa Conference on 15 and 16 September 2016 in Dubrovnik (Croatia)

2016 ECA Cocoa Conference on 15 and 16 September in Dubrovnik (Croatia)

This year’s edition will cover a variety of compelling topics for the cocoa sector and beyond. Topics will revolve around the cocoa and chocolate industries’ prospects in Eastern and Central Europe, Climate change and creative ways to mitigate its impact, What does Innovation look like in B2B and B2C markets, Cocoa research challenges while addressing the Industry priorities, and the role of smallholder farmers in meeting the challenge of food security.

Willie Smits next friday life on TV!

Next Friday is Willie up on 2 different channels. First time on NPO1 to 18.15 h by One today, and later in the evening live at Umberto Tan’s RTL Late Night at 22:30 h. This all because of Willie’s contribution to the climate summit in Paris with hopefully a nice outcome.

Forget cough drink, chocolate really helps against coughing

Forget cups of tea with honey and lemon slices: according to a study at the University of Hull can you better eat chocolate if you are suffering from your throat.

Professor Alyn Morice, head of the cardiovascular (heart and vessels) and respiratory (breathing) studies at the University of Hull, did research on the medical value of the brown gold. ,, I know it sounds implausible, but as an independent clinician who has done years of research into the mechanism of coughing, I can guarantee that the evidence is solid as a rock “, he says to Daily Mail.

From the largest study ever in Europe in the field of cough remedy shows that new medicines containing cocoa work better than a standard cough drink. Patients who on chocolate-based medication names, saw progress within two days.

INHIBITORY EFFECT

This is according to the researcher because chocolate plakkeriger and stroperiger than standard cough medicines, so it would be a kind of form that protects your nerve endings in your throat. That way you’ll be less getriggert to go cough. “I believe that it is a medical effect, a kind of inhibition on the nerves themselves,” said Morice. For that reason it would be better than a viscous honey. Chew on a piece of chocolate would be better than a cup of hot chocolate wegdrinken, but it’s only really effective in combination with the other ingredients in medicines containing cocoa, says the professor.

So take to start a nice piece of chocolate and then run to the store for a cough drink who prefers a touch of cocoa contains.