The Value of Chocolate

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7, 14 August 1912, Page 61

The Value of Chocolate

With reference to recent statements discounting the value of chocolate «s a food, the “Lancet” says: “Practical experience of course long ago decided in favour of the view that chocolate iS-a good sustaining food. In addition, chocolate is mildly stimulating and exhilarating to the nervous system when 'run down’ through fatigue or worry. Chocolate has been employed for its slaying powers and its nutritive properties with considerable success in army manoeuvres and in similar operations which make a vigorous demand upon Hie nervous, muscular, and mental energies, and on that account is invariably included among the provisions of expeditions. A chocolate ■ration used in the Austrian army was stated to equal five times its weight in beef. It has been calculated that a pint of milk and four ounces of chocolate yield about 800 calorics, comprising a fair meal for the invalid. This establishes the nutritive and energy value of milk chocolate. Chocolate can only do harm, in common with all good foods, when eaten to excess.