Chocolate Helps Heart Attack Survivors

Yet another report claiming chocolate can help you live longer and healthier…


Do we sound skeptical? No, just tired of seeing enough proof already.

Chocolate Helps Heart Attack Survivors

Eating chocolate can reduce heart attack survivors’ risk of dying, say researchers who followed 1,169 Swedish men and women, ages 45 to 70, from the time they were hospitalized with their first heart attack in the early 1990s.

Those who ate chocolate two or more times a week were about three times less likely to die from heart disease than those who never ate chocolate, the study found. Smaller amounts of chocolate also offered some protection,Agence France Presse reported.

The study, which appears in the September issue of the Journal of Internal Medicine, is believed to be the first to demonstrate that chocolate can help prevent death in heart attack survivors.

“Our findings support increasing evidence that chocolate is a rich source of beneficial bioactive compounds,” the researchers wrote.

So instead of that emergency tab of Aspirin, keep around a big dark bar of Amano or Guittard

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Awards for the July 12th CHOCOLATE SALON Announced


After excited attendees in the Northwest on Sunday enjoyed exceptional chocolate, confection, wine & tea offerings as part of the national Chocolate Stimulus Plan, The Awards for the 2nd Annual SEATTLE CHOCOLATE SALON have been selected by our team of expert panelists, and can be seen on the Salon website here.

See a TasteTV VIDEO FROM THE SALON

Sample Chocolate Salon Awards include

  • Best Dark Chocolate: Amano Artisan Chocolate
  • Best Truffle: Suess Chocolates
  • Most Artistic Designs: William Dean Chocolates
  • Best Flavored Chocolate: Posh Chocolat
  • Best Flavored Chocolate Bar: Divine Chocolate
  • New Product Award: Amano Artisan Chocolate / Posh Chocolat / Marco Polo Designs’ Chocolate Jewelry

    • Sample Press Reviews:

    MetBlogs Seattle here
    AmazonBlogs – Al Dente here
    Valentina Vitals photos can also be seen here.

    And a great selection of Flickr photos here

    Sample Attendee Reviews:

    Says the Aly M. on Yelp: “Sooooooooooo tired of chocolate right now. I never thought that would happen. But, it was freakin amazing. I liked so many things, but it was also nice to find things I didn’t like–it shows there was a nice variety there…..”

    Adds Nancy B. on Yelp: “For the second year TasteTV put on an amazing event with…vendors at the Bell Harbor Convention Center. Jewelry, Spa products, wine… oh how there were so much more than truffles this year!!! .”

    Plus says Inna B. on Yelp: “This was one crazy delicious event that left plenty of folks in a chocolate coma… The chocolate samples ranged from good to being a flavor explosion/party in your mouth.. and a lot of them looked almost too beautiful to eat. Many of them had some interesting flavors and… well, let’s just say I’m probably no longer going to my regular shopping-mall chocolate stores when buying fancy chocolate as a gift. There are simply too many amazing little chocolate companies that so many people have not even heard of!.”

    Many thanks to our talented and prestigious panelists, as well as volunteers and speakers, including Joseph Whinney (Founder & CEO of Theo Chocolate), Lauren Adler (Founder & Chief Chocophile of Chocolopolis), and Lisa Francoise Schafer (Owner & Creator of Chocolate Spa ‘Sweet Beauty’). We also want to thank the staff from the Bell Harbor Conference Center.


    UPCOMING CHOCOLATE SALONS:

    September 19 2009: Las Vegas
    October 11 2009: Los Angeles

    March 2010: San Francisco
    May 2010: Chicago

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    2nd Annual Seattle Luxury CHOCOLATE SALON

    The 2nd Annual Seattle Luxury CHOCOLATE SALON, July 12th 2009, announces a delicious lineup of speakers and members of its Chocolate Tasting Panel, including Joseph Whinney, Founder & CEO of Theo Chocolate, Lauren Adler of Chocolopolis, and a chocolate spa demonstration by Lisa Francoise Schafer, Owner of Sweet Beauty.

    The Seattle Luxury CHOCOLATE SALON takes place from 11am-5pm on Sunday, July 12th, 2009, during Bastille Day Weekend. Chocolate aficionados, fanatics, lovers and addicts can taste & experience the finest in artisan, gourmet & premium chocolate in one of the world’s great culinary metropolitan areas.

    Seattle Chocolate Salon participants include Amano Artisan Chocolate, Theo Chocolate, Intrigue Chocolates, Oh! Chocolate, Posh Chocolate, Crave Chocolate, Forte Chocolates, Divine Chocolate, Carter’s Chocolates, Chocolopolis, Chubby Chipmunk Hand-Dipped Chocolates, La Châtelaine Chocolat Co., Eat Chocolates, Choffy, The Chocolate Traveler, William Dean Chocolates, Xocai Healthy Chocolate, Suess Chocolates, Claudio Corallo Chocolate, Marco Polo Designs’ Chocolate Jewelry, TasteTV, Yelp, Sizzleworks Cooking School, Chocolate Television and TasteTV.

    CHOCOLATE TASTING & SALON AWARDS

    The Salon’s Chocolate Awards Tasting Panel will select the best of the best on July 12th, and is composed of Tan Vinh (Seattle Times), Jay Friedman (Gastrolust.com, Seattle Restaurant Examiner), Keren Brown (Frantic Foodie), Viv (Seattle Bon Vivant), Traca Savadogo (Seattle Examiner, Seattle Tall Poppy), Carol Dearth (Sizzleworks Cooking School), Julien Perry (“Go Eat!” – KOMO Radio, WINO Magazine, Urbanspoon), Dana Cree (TastingMenu.com, Veil Restaurant), Brenda Pederson (CulinaryFool.com), Loretto Hulse (Tri-City Herald), Katelyn Hackett (Seattlest.com), Becky Selengut (Chef Reinvented Blog, Seattle Homes and Lifestyles, Edible Seattle), Connie Adams (SeattleDining.com), Alice Currah (SavorySweetLife.com), Leslie Seaton (FreshPickedSeattle.com), Leslie D. Helm (Seattle Business Magazine), and food and lifestyle writer Joann Natalia Aquino (DailyCandy, Citysearch).

    Chocolate Tasting Panelists have the luxurious responsibility of tasting all chocolates and confections and rating them for receipt of Luxury Chocolate Salon Awards.

    The Seattle Luxury CHOCOLATE SALON is Sunday, July 12th, 2009, at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center, 2211 Alaskan Way, Pier 66. 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

    Tickets are $25 for adults, $20.00 in Advance (recommended). For Advance Ticket purchases, Salon information, updated chocolatiers and other exhibitors, or for the Menu of events, go to http://www.SeattleChocolateSalon.com.

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    Chocolate is now the “Affordable Luxury”


    According to The Times in South Africa, people are now concluding,
    “If you’re broke, have a chocolate.”

    Per The Times:

    AS NEWS of tough economic times continues to bombard people, so consumers are turning to chocolate for consolation…

    Strong growth was experienced across emerging markets, particularly in South Africa, India and South America, where local chocaholics munched their way to a 20 percent increase in revenue growth.

    This was attributed to more people spending time at home instead of going out .

    Earlier this week upmarket store Selfridges in London said chocolate sales are 80 percent higher than they were a year ago.

    Consumers are splashing out on chocolate as an “affordable luxury”, said a spokes man from Selfridges.

    Certain sectors likely to attract more investors in a downturn include luxury goods, pharmaceuticals and utilities.

    Chocolate and drugs. Sounds like self-medication to us.

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    Tifa Chocolate, PlayFirst and Brix Chocolate at SF Chocolate Salon

    Tifa Chocolate, Serendipity! Brownie Truffles, and PlayFirst’s Chocolatier Games (Decadence by Design) have joined the Chocolate Salon event on March 21st.

    Brix Chocolate just joined the SF Chocolate Salon. You might have seen them at Cost Plus, with their chocolate for wine lovers package.

    If we’re lucky, and maybe bribe them with Brix Chocolate, PlayFirst might show us some keyboard secrets on how to win their Chocolatier video game.

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    San Francisco Chocolate Salon – William Dean and Sweet Beauty

    William Dean Chocolates and Dove Chocolate Discoveries just joined the San Francisco Chocolate Salon event. Plus, D’ Sweets and Sweet Beauty Organic Chocolate Spa, and the Bread Project have joined the Chocolate Salon event.

    Also, yelp is a sponsor!

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