November 23, 2004
Chocolate
is a more effective cough medicine than codeine. I knew it all along. Imperial press release. You can't see the paper on-line without a subscription, but here is the impenetrable abstract.
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Theobromine has some interesting chracteristics, but its very different class of drug than codeine. Codeine is a painkiller while theobromine affects the lungs directly.But these researchers claim its some affect on the vagus nerve, which is interesting as this may explain its mood altering qualities too. As the vagus nerve has a connection to depression.
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Mmmmmm. Chocolate.
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The sweet lure of chocolate. True hot chocolate. Chocolatier. Life in the cocoa works.
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Hot chocolate all around then! Apparently milk's mucus-enhancing abilities are an old-wive's tale.
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Plegmund, you are my hero. I wurve you. *rushes off to buy chocolate for medicinal purposes*
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Yep, that's all the reason I need. Thanks Plegmund!
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A chocolate covered banana for Plegmund!
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With the current troubles in Cote D'Ivoire, it appears that the cost of our favorite confection may be rising.