Chocolate Makes You Skinny!

You read that title correctly. Finally scientist are studying things that I actually care about, Chocolate! Someone better send a notice to the Walgreens on my route home because I’m buying all of their Easter candy. Ok, maybe not ALL the candy…just the chocolate Snicker eggs. So good. Anyway back to the story, scientists at the University Of California, San Diego have proven that eating chocolate actually makes you skinny. Im sure that doens’t mean you should eat a pound of it a day, but we can hope right?

They tested over 1000 healthy men and women who worked out at least 3.6 times a week and ate a balanced nutritional diet. Some of them were given a reasonable amount of chocolate to comsume 5 times a week and some were not. Well, they found the ones that ate the chocolate had a smaller body mass index than those who ate it less often. This worked for a couple of reasons, check them out after the jump!

Pink Slime Debacle

Allow me to say that I REALLY don’t care what the pink slime is made of and I happen to think beef is beef. Yes, even as you look at the disturbing picture above I’m still dreaming of how many hamburgers I can have RIGHT now. Throw that thing on the grill and lets have a feast!

If you haven’t heard about what I’m going to call, The Pink Slime Debacle then let me inform you. Apparently a lot of the ground beef you buy at the store may be mixed with something called “lean finely textured beef” which, from what I can understand, is the ground up scraps from other beef cuts. However, It’s still BEEF!

For those of you that don’t want this ingredient mixed into thier everyday beef there is good news! Several store chains are now refusing to purchase any beef with the slime in it. The latest to get rid of those products is ALDI. After customer complaints and requests they have decided that any beef products with the pink slime in it will not be sold on their shelves. So for those of you that are ok with the cow being slaughtered and eaten, but think the pink slime is “ewwwwww so gross” you can now be safe to purchase ground beef again.

Now it’s time to hear what you think. Are you for or against the Pink Slime? Let us know in the comment section below!

The Most Loved Fast Food Chain Is…

Chik Fil-A! Suprised? If you have ever been to a Chik Fil-A I don’t think you would be. Not only is their food really REALLY tasty but all the people there are almost annoyingly polite. It threw me off at first when they told me it was their “pleasure to serve” me.

In a new study of over 107,000 fast food customers in over 500 locations nationwide to find the most loved chain in the country McDonald’s didn’t even crack the top 10. Nor did Taco Bell, KFC or Wendy’s. The list is as follows…

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