Chocolate is eternally associated with romance, and for good reason. Both Mayans and Aztecs adopted it as aphrodisiac over 1,500 years ago, believing that it gave men stamina and made women less inhibited(Temperar Montezuma; who had a 600 strong harem, glugged 50 golden globlets of chocolate a day to enhance his sexual power). Now wonder that, when Spanish conquistador introduced chocolate to Europe and beyond, its reputation as the food of passion gathered pace. Casano called hot chocolate" The elixir of love" and consumed vast quantities of it before frolicking with his conquest. Napoleon was also a big far. Why he drant so much chocolate, he replied" to start with, it's just good". Florence Nightingale and others from poets to presidents, also believed chocolate to be an essential ingredient of health care and there are some scientific evidence to support this. Beside from its energy giving properties chocolate contains two mood-lifting agents, rather uncomantically known as phenylethyline and serotonine, both of which occur naturally in the human brain and are released in to the nervous system when we are happy or feeling amorous. It's no surprise that women are believed to be more susceptible to the effects of these chemicals than men, which may be why they tend to be greatest lover of chocolate. Anyone looking forward to a large box of silky seductive, smooth and sensual chocolate this Valentine's Day will appreciate the following story about a man who found a magic lamp. Granted one wish by a genie, he asked to be made to all women... The genie turned him in to a box of chocolates. Nothing unite people like chocolate. Whether sharing a bag of maltase, kisses or debating the cost of the perfect Belgian truffle, everyone has their own opinion on the sweet stuff. There are just a few thoughts, from the great and good, on the wonder of chocolate. Biochemically, love is just like eating a large amounts of chocolate.(John, Milton, The Devils). Nine out of ten people like chocolate the tenth person always lies.(John Q Tullius).
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