Eating chocolate cake as part of a full breakfast can help you lose weight, say scientists. It sounds too good to be true but new research says having dessert – along with the traditional fry up – burns off the pounds.

Morning is the best time to consume sweets because that’s when the body’s metabolism is most active – and we have the rest of the day to work off the calories, a new study shows. Eating cookies or chocolate as part of breakfast that includes proteins and carbs also helps stem the craving for sweets later.

Researchers split 193 clinically obese, non-diabetic adults into two groups who consumed either a low-carb diet that included a 300-calorie breakfast or a balanced 600-calorie breakfast that included a chocolate cake dessert.

The group that consumed a bigger breakfast, including dessert, experienced few if any cravings for these foods later in the day. At the end those who had consumed a 600 calorie breakfast had lost an average of 18 kgs more per person than their peers.

Although both groups consumed the same daily total calories the participants in the low-carbohydrate diet group had less satisfaction and felt that they were not full. Their cravings for sugar and carbohydrates were more intense and eventually caused them to cheat on the diet plan. This also suggests that the dessert group will be more successful at keeping the weight off. Attempting to avoid sweets entirely can create a psychological addiction to these same foods in the long-term.

A meal in the morning provides energy for the day’s tasks, aids in brain functioning and kick-starts the body’s metabolism, making it crucial for weight loss and maintenance. And breakfast is the meal that most successfully regulates ghrelin, the hormone that increases hunger.

While the level of ghrelin rises before every meal, it is suppressed most effectively at breakfast time.

Basing their study on this fact, the researchers hoped to determine whether meal time and composition impacted weight loss in the short and long term or if it was a simple matter of calorie count. One of the biggest challenges that people face is keeping weight off in the long-term. Ingesting a higher proportion of our daily calories at breakfast makes sense. It’s not only good for body function but it also alleviates cravings. Highly restrictive diets that forbid desserts and carbohydrates are initially effective but often cause dieters to stray from their food plans a result of withdrawal-like symptoms. They wind up regaining much of the weight they lost during the diet proper.

Ultimately this shows a diet must be realistic to be adopted as part of a new lifestyle. Curbing cravings is better than deprivation for weight loss success.

 source: telegraph.com

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4. Mik a várható kilátások a két csoportot illetően és mi ennek az oka?
5. Mit szeretnének a kutatók megtudni a ghrelin nevű hormonnal kapcsolatban?
6. Milyen hatása lehet a nagyon szigorú diétának?

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Chocolate cake breakfast could help you lose weight

1. Mert ilyenkor a legaktívabb az anyagcsere és a nap során ledolgozhatjuk a kalóriákat. Segít abban is, hogy utána ellenálljunk az édesség utáni sóvárgásnak.
2. Az egyik csoport alacsony szénhidráttartalmú reggelit evett, feleannyi kalóriát, a másik csoport édességet is evett reggelire. Ugyanannyi kalóriát fogyasztottak az egész nap során.
3. Akik édességet ettek reggelire, alig kívánták az édességet napközben.
4. Átlag 18 kilogrammal fogytak többet, mint a másik csoport, akik kevésbé voltak jóllakottak és jobban kívánták a cukrot és a szénhidrátot, és ezért csaltak is a diétájukban.
5. Az édességet reggeliző csoport sikeresebben megtartja a fogyókúra eredményeit, mert aki teljesen el akarja hagyni az édességet, az édességfüggővé válhat hosszú távon.
6. Azt, hogy az étkezések időpontja és összetétele hatással van-e a fogyásra rövid- és hosszútávon vagy pedig csak a kalóriák számától függ.
7. Eleinte hatékony, de gyakran a diétázók eltérnek a tervtől az elvonási tünetek miatt, és visszaszedik a nagy részét annak a súlynak, amit egyszer már leadtak.

Every year on July 7th, World Chocolate Day allows chocolate lovers around the world to indulge in their favorite treat without any guilt. The day also celebrates all kinds of goodies made from chocolate, including chocolate milk, hot chocolate, chocolate candy bar, chocolate cake, brownies, or anything covered in chocolate.

Chocolate comes from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia and grows in Mexico, Central America, and Northern South America. The earliest known documentation of using cacao seeds is from around 1100 BC.

Since cacao tree seeds have a very intense, bitter taste, they must be fermented to develop the flavor. Once fermented, processors dry, clean and roast the beans. After roasting, the shell is removed to produce cacao nibs.

The cacao nibs are then ground into cocoa mass, which is pure chocolate in rough form. The cocoa mass is usually liquefied, then molded with or without other ingredients. At this point in the process, it is called chocolate liquor. The chocolate liquor gets processed into two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter.

Most Common Types of Chocolate

Unsweetened baking chocolate – cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions.

Sweet chocolate – cocoa solids, cocoa butter or other fat and sugar.

Milk chocolate – sweet chocolate with milk powder or condensed milk.

White chocolate – cocoa butter, sugar, and milk but no cocoa solids.

Most people love chocolate. In fact, nine out of ten people love chocolate. About 1 billion people eat chocolate every day. Besides the fact it tastes so good, there are some health benefits of chocolate. Chocolate increases serotonin and dopamine levels, which helps to boost the mood. Dark chocolate can also be especially good for you. Dark chocolate is a powerful source of antioxidants, plus it helps to improve blood flow, lower blood pressure, and reduce the risk of heart disease.

It’s unclear who came up with this yummy food day. However, the day is celebrated on July 7th because it was on this date in 1550 that chocolate was first brought to Europe. The first World Chocolate Day was celebrated in 2009.

source (article; video): National Day Calendar; Born of chocoMe Délice, chocoMeInternational, Youtube

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1. custom dark chocolate recipe
2. have a fine-tuned aromatic profile
3. cocoa cultivation countries
4. Tropical Belt
5. cocoa plantation
6. Tropic of Capricorn
7. exceptional flavour
8. robust
9. crossbreed
10. unique cocoa variety
11. pure rainforest
12. high humidity
13. direct sunlight
14. to face
15. trunk
16. main branches
17. harvesting period
18. wee fruit
19. ripe fruit
20. pulp
21. fermentation
22. to rotate
23. to roast
24. cocoa nibs
25. grinding

keys/megoldások: 1. teljesen egyedi fekete csokoládé receptúra; 2. finomhangolásos/egyedi aroma profillal rendelkező; 3. kakaó termesztő országok; 4. trópusi égöv; 5. kakaó ültetvény; 6. Baktérítő; 7. rendkívül különleges íz; 8. markáns; 9. keresztezés; 10. teljesen egyedi kakaó fajta; 11. érintetlen esőerdő; 12. magas páratartalom; 13. közvetlen napsugárzás; 14. találkozni; 15. fatörzs; 16. fő ágak; 17. betakarítási/szüretelési időszak; 18. pici termés; 19. érett gyümölcs; 20. pép; 21. erjesztés; 22. megforgatni; 23. megpörkölni; 24. kakaó darabok; 25. őrlés

In five words: a little pot of heaven.

serves:4
preparation time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

– 75g dark chocolate , chopped and melted (use a standard dark chocolate for this rather than a high cocoa one as it combines better)
– 2 eggs , separated
– 25g butter , melted
– 2 tbsp caster sugar
– 1 tbsp Tia Maria (optional)

Preparation:

Mix the chocolate with the egg yolks and butter. Whisk the egg whites and then whisk in the sugar until the mixture is shiny and stiff.

Fold the two mixtures together along with the Tia Maria, if using. Divide between 4 glasses and chill until set.