Can a chocolate named Lola help you lose weight? According to the Spanish company Cocoa BIO, the answer is yes. Their new chocolate named Lola is purported to have a variety of extra ingredients that are supposed to trick the brain into thinking that the body is not hungry and keep you from overeating, according to a story published by the UK's Daily Mail Online.
The makers claim the Lola chocolates tastes like regular chocolate but have a greenish tint because of the extra ingredients. Among those extra ingredients are amino acids which stimulate a hormone in the brain which acts as an appetite suppressant. Another ingredient, the one which makes the Lola chocolate green is spirulina.
According to Wikipedia, spirulina has been proposed as a primary foods to be cultivated on long term space missions by both NASA in the United States and the European Space Agency. It has a long history of use in both Africa and the Americas.
Current plans are to market the Lola chocolate only in Spain, but they will look at exporting if the demand is high enough. According to the Mail article, five Lola chocolates will cost around $8.50 in US dollars or about five pounds in the UK.
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If you think that losing weight is all about deprivation, celery sticks and odd looking (and tasting) detox concoctions then it is time to think again. The fact is, it does not have to be hell to be healthy.
At Ador we love food that looks good and tastes good, but also happens to have added benefits, like our chocolate which contains pine nut extracts that help to keep you feeling full.
It's good to hear that another chocolate helps to keep you slim. Lola sounds great and is said to taste nice, too.
The slightly green tinge coming from the algae may not appeal to everyone, but naturally, it's horses for courses, and we're pleased that other companies are helping to champion the concept that foods normally perceived as being at best ‘naughty’ and at worst ‘bad’ can actually be enjoyed in moderation and without guilt.
The fact is, losing pounds doesn’t mean that you should eat stuff that looks, or tastes weird.
Franco
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