As I mentioned many posts back, I’ve had some stomach issues recently, and am currently on a doctor-ordered regimen of medication and ultra-bland diet.\u00a0 I’ve had to give up coffee, tea, orange juice, tomatoes, soda, anything else acidic, rich food, spicy food, beer, raw fruit, and anything difficult to digest (this even includes whole wheat bread).\u00a0 For the last several weeks, I’ve been enjoying lots and lots of tap water, rice, cooked broccoli, white bread, yogurt, and bland meat.<\/p>\n
But after\u00a0all these weeks of my\u00a0boring and less-than-flavorful diet, I’m only missing a single food.\u00a0 There’s only one thing that I find myself craving beyond all sense and reason:\u00a0 chocolate.\u00a0 It’s not like I normally eat that much chocolate, either; when all’s right with my stomach I allow myself three small pieces of dark chocolate a day – at most.\u00a0 There are many days that I don’t go anywhere near chocolate.\u00a0 But these days the chocolate cravings kick in frequently and without remorse.<\/p>\n
Watching the Vikings-Saints game this evening, I suddenly NEEDED chocolate.\u00a0 I tried to assuage that need with a bit of homemade banana bread, but no go.\u00a0 The little chocolate monster inside of me kept calling…and calling…and calling.\u00a0 I took a couple of swigs of water, but the chocolate monster still called.\u00a0 “Chocolate…chocolate…chocolate…give me chocolate…I won’t let you rest until you give me chocolate…”<\/p>\n
What is it about chocolate, anyway?\u00a0 Why does it hold such power?\u00a0 Why is it so darn good<\/em>???\u00a0 How can a little piece of chocolate make life feel so much better?<\/p>\n Maybe chocolate is the secret to world peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As I mentioned many posts back, I’ve had some stomach issues recently, and am currently on a doctor-ordered regimen of medication and ultra-bland diet.\u00a0 I’ve had to give up coffee, tea, orange juice, tomatoes, soda, anything else acidic, rich food, spicy food, beer, raw fruit, and anything difficult to digest (this even includes whole wheat … Continue reading The Power of Chocolate<\/span>