Chocolate-flavoured milk speeds up recovery as well as expensive sports drinks Posted: 6 months ago by AutumnLotus
Football players would be better off drinking chocolate milkshake after a game than expensive recovery drinks, claim scientists.
Researchers found that chocolate milkshake's "natural" muscle recovery benefits match or may even surpass a specially designed carbohydrate sports drink.
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Cereal and milk - better than sports drinks? Posted: 6 months ago by bingo
...according to a new study that finds that eating an unassuming bowl of any whole-grain cereal with milk is superior to chugging a designer sports drink after a workout to replenish muscle fuel and protein.
In the privacy of your kitchen, maybe it doesn't matter that milk and cereal isn't as hip as something that professional basketball players consume.
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12 of the Most Expensive Foods and Drinks Posted: 8 months ago by bingo
With all the talk about rising food costs, many of us find ourselves in the grocery aisles complaining about paying $4.50 for a gallon of milk. Well, you haven’t seen anything yet! Here's a list of ridiculously expensive foods and drinks—including a $250 chocolate truffle and a $700 bottle of wine—that will only have you saying “Bon appétit” if you can afford it.
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Cadbury warns Dairy Milk eaters about its 'milk and nut ingredients' Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
The latest Dairy Milk wrappers feature a logo showing a glass and a half of milk being poured into a chocolate chunk, put milk first in a list of ingredients, but Cadbury says it is also necessary to print warnings in capital letters in yellow boxes saying "CONTAINS: MILK" in case people who are allergic to milk do not realise that there is milk in Cadbury Dairy Milk bars."
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Most expensive cars of 2006 Posted: 3 years ago by moebel
It is a pleasure to see a gorgeous expensive car on the street, it is a bigger pleasure to drive one, but is it real to own one?
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Most Expensive Chocolates Posted: 2 years ago by kirbykirst
The article is interesting, but be sure to click the "see the most expensive chocolates" link. The pictures look so delicious that I almost wasn't repulsed by the prices.
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Chocolate in peril Posted: 12 months ago by bingo
Is there any treat more decadent, more luxurious than chocolate? Well, it need not be a guilty pleasure - the chocolate you eat was almost certainly grown on small farms in poor countries. When you buy chocolate, you help poor farmers feed their families. It's a start, at least
*Now the bad news...
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Out of Gatorade? Try chocolate milk. Posted: 3 years ago by Wingnut
Research finds chocolate milk just as effective as Gatorade in helping athletes recover from strenuous exercise. Peyton Manning seen sporting chocolate mustache.
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Top 10 ugliest sports uniforms. Posted: 3 years ago by tomphoolry
The Houston Astros didn't make it?
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10 Worst Broadcasters in Sports Posted: 1 year ago by carguy4life
As a huge sports fan, I couldn't agree any more with the selections. Although as a depressed Knicks fan, I would've rated Walt Frazier higher on the list. "The Knicks are wheeling and dealing, passing and thrashing, bounding and astounding...."
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World's most expensive toilet flushes for the last time Posted: 1 year ago by suebe
When a Hong Kong-based jewelry business, took off more than a decade ago, the owner built the "Hall of Gold" in one of his showrooms. This unusual and extremely expensive structure was made of six tons of gold. The furnishings included a fully working solid gold toilet.
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World's Most Expensive Scotches Posted: 2 years ago by 1krazykorean
Costing more than a luxury Mercedes Benz for just one bottle, Scotch is a true collectors item. To track down that purest-form product of single malt Scotch Whisky in its most expensive bottles, we researched the findings of numerous Scotch experts, including distillery owners, auction-house specialists and spirits sommeliers. Following are the world's most expensive Scotches.
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The world's most expensive iPhone Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
An Apple iPhone 3G made of 18 carat gold and encrusted with diamonds is laying claim to the title of the world's most expensive phone.
Designed by Austrian jeweller Peter Aloisson the customised iPhone is priced at £1.6 million.
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30 Rare & Expensive Gamecube Games Posted: 1 year ago by punthe
Dust off your GameCube collection and make some dough! The folks at Video Game Price Charts have posted a list of 30 rare and expensive GameCube games. Some hidden gems include NCAA College Basketball 2K3 ($400 new), Phantasy Star Online Plus ($200 new), and Digimon Rumble Arena 2 ($200 new).
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Chocolate Week Posted: 1 year ago by pocksucket
Do you love chocolate? Are you in the UK right now? If you answered yes then no you're doing it wrong for from 13th-19th October it is Chocolate Week - a glorious British tradition when eating anything but chocolate is against the law* and all chocolate is free**.
*Might be a lie.
**Y'know, I'm not sure about this one either. It is Chocolate Week though.
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World's most expensive coffee at £50 a cup comes to British stores...and it's made from cats' droppings Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
It might not be to everyone's taste - and that's not just because at £50 a cup it's the most expensive coffee in the world. The secret behind the special blend about to go on sale at an upmarket department store is that it is made from cats' droppings. Previously posted a year ago.
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The World's Most Expensive Shoes Posted: 2 years ago by DemureArt
Of all the shoes in your closet, I bet you don't have any quite like these. These are the most expensive shoes in the world.
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World's most expensive property sold in London Posted: 2 years ago by davethefish
A flat in central London has become the most expensive home in the world, with a price understood to exceed £115m.
The flat in St James’s Square, equidistant from 10 Downing Street and Buckingham Palace, was granted planning permission last week. The value of the off-plan sale indicates that the world’s most expensive properties are not yet being hit by the international financial crisis.
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America's most Expensive Medical Conditions Posted: 2 years ago by kirbykirst
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) estimates that treating the nation's 10 most expensive medical conditions cost nearly $500 billion in 2005, the most recent year for which data has been compiled.
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Here comes the recovery. Honest. Posted: 5 months ago by Bingo
After several months of growing optimism about the state of the economy, suddenly there's a lot of concern that a recovery has come off the tracks.
Many economists say weak June jobs and retail sales aren't reason to give up on hopes for a solid bounce back later this year.
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The 5 Most Expensive Chocolates In The World Posted: 2 years ago by 86Apex
Can someone lend me a couple grand? :P
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