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andydp
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 Posted: 04/09/04 - 19:11 Post subject: GREAT news reguarding chocolate !!!
A study was where pregnant ladies were given chocolate to eat during their pregnancy. It found the kids born of the moms that got the chocolate were happier and laughed more.
And here I thought it was Benadryl that kept them happy....
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airehead
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Posted: 04/10/04 - 01:42 Post subject:
I love, love, love studies that prove chocolate is as miraculous as I think it is!!!
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runaroundsue
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Posted: 04/10/04 - 14:51 Post subject:
where's the link??? My hubby would embarass me about my Turtle candy eating during my second pregnancy  My second born is a very happy kid. I ate nachos and DQ vanilla shakes for my first....I wonder what makes him sad? 
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andydp
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Posted: 04/10/04 - 19:57 Post subject:
As requested:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&e=2&u=/nm/health_pregnancy_chocolate_dc
Article follows:
LONDON Wed April 7, 2004 (Reuters) - Pregnant women rejoice. Eating chocolate is good for the baby, say Finnish researchers.
Scientists at the University of Helsinki, who asked 300 pregnant women to record their chocolate consumption and stress levels, found that daily treats had a positive impact on the newborn baby's behavior.
Six months after the infants were born the mothers who had eaten chocolate reported more smiling and laughter in their offspring.
"And the babies of stressed women who had regularly consumed chocolate showed less fear of new situations than babies of stressed women who had abstained," New Scientist magazine said Tuesday.
Katri Raikkanen and colleagues who conducted the research admitted they can't be certain that chocolate consumption and the babies' behavior are not linked with other factors.
"But they speculate that the effects they observed could result from chemicals in chocolate associated with a positive mood being passed on to the baby in the womb," the magazine added.
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