Who is this Button for?

Chocoholics.^[1]

Women who would rather go without sex than chocolate.^[2]

Provocative Suggestions

Eat in secret to avoid sharing.

Take pride in your encyclopaedic knowledge of the calorific world of chocolate.

Boast that research has shown that chocolate:

– is absolutely essential for the healthy sexual functioning of the human female.^[3]

– is good for your heart.^[4]

Strength is the ability to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of those pieces. (Judith Viorst)

Relish the sweetness of other aspects of life.

↑ The 12-step chocoholics program: Never be more than 12 steps away from chocolate! (Terry Moore)
↑ Don't wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty. Chocolate isn't like premarital sex. It will not make you pregnant. And it always feels good. (Lora Brody, Growing Up on the Chocolate Diet)
↑ Just kidding. This may be true but it has not been proven.
↑ ‘… oleic acid, a monounsaturated fat also found in olive oil, makes up one-third of the fat in chocolate and has been shown to be beneficial for heart health.’ (Journal of the American Dietetic Association, February 2003) As a doctor, I do feel a duty to remind you that obesity is a serious risk factor for diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, certain cancers as well as coronary artery disease. See Dicey Heart