Merlin Dorfman wrote:
>
> Mark Thorson > wrote:
> > Merlin Dorfman wrote:
> >>
> >> I have been reading that dark chocolate is a healthy food
> >> because it has lots of flavinoids and antioxidants, but
> >> (in contrast to milk chocolate) not much of the downside of
> >> dairy products. However looking at the labels of various
> >> dark chocolates, the saturated fat content is huge!
> >> How can that be healthy?
>
> > Quoting from:
> > http://www.candyusa.org/Media/Nutrit...holesterol.asp
>
> > Research Shows "Chocolate Does Not Raise Cholesterol:
> > " Stearic Acid Called "A Unique Saturated Fat"
>
> Thanks...seems a bit too good to be true, though :-)

Candy USA is your most reliable source of information
about candy. Candy USA supports the right of every
adult American to choose to eat candy. :-)

Because of corrupt politicians and the influence of
special interests, sugar price supports raise the price
of sugar in the U.S. to more than double the world
price. This is one of the worst examples of a few
companies manipulating government policy for their
own profit -- at the expense of everybody else.

We're losing our candy industry to Canada because of this:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0408/p01s02-usec.htm
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0320-02.htm