{"id":3439,"date":"2012-08-23T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3439"},"modified":"2012-08-23T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T09:22:00","slug":"chocolate-meditation-could-be-good-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3439","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Meditation Could Be Good For You!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834017c315f8f37970b\">\n<div class=\"photo-wrap photo-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834017c315f8f37970b\" id=\"photo-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834017c315f8f37970b\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 500px;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834017c315f8f37970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6a00e54fc42bb8883401676244b22e970b-800wi\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834017c315f8f37970b\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834017c315f8f37970b-500wi\" title=\"6a00e54fc42bb8883401676244b22e970b-800wi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-caption caption-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834017c315f8f37970b\" id=\"caption-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834017c315f8f37970b\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #888888;\"><em>Burdick&#39;s Chocolates<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Want to lower your blood pressure? A recent post on NPR&#39;s Salt blog reported, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/thesalt\/2012\/08\/14\/158761362\/daily-dose-of-dark-chocolate-may-help-lower-blood-pressure?ft=1&amp;f=139941248\" target=\"_self\">&quot;Daily Dose Of Dark Chocolate May Help Lower Blood Pressure.&quot;<\/a>&#0160;It was a small decrease but since they compared it to the decrease you can have from meditation, I decided that combining the two could be great.<\/p>\n<div id=\"photo-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834017c315f9b7b970b\">\n<div class=\"photo-wrap photo-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834017c315f9b7b970b\" id=\"photo-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834017c315f9b7b970b\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 500px;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834017c315f9b7b970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6a00e54fc42bb88834015390dc00cf970b-500wi\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834017c315f9b7b970b\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834017c315f9b7b970b-500wi\" title=\"6a00e54fc42bb88834015390dc00cf970b-500wi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-caption caption-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834017c315f9b7b970b\" id=\"caption-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834017c315f9b7b970b\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #888888;\"><em>Giant profiterole from Petit Robert Bistro<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With a little research I found,&#0160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/mindfulness-in-frantic-world\/201109\/the-chocolate-meditation\" target=\"_self\">&quot;The Chocolate Meditation -Time to Meditate while eating a bar of chocolate&#8230;&quot;<\/a> It was&#0160;a report on the topic in Psychology Today by Danny Penman, Ph.D. He even provides a guide for completing a choclate meditation that sounds relaxing and delicious.&#0160;<\/p>\n<div id=\"photo-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401761756994c970c\">\n<div class=\"photo-wrap photo-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401761756994c970c\" id=\"photo-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401761756994c970c\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 500px;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401761756994c970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6a00e54fc42bb88834016763e89a5f970b-800wi\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401761756994c970c\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401761756994c970c-500wi\" title=\"6a00e54fc42bb88834016763e89a5f970b-800wi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-caption caption-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401761756994c970c\" id=\"caption-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401761756994c970c\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #888888; font-size: 8pt;\"><em>Chocolate cupcake from the Cupcakory Food Truck<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"caption-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401761756994c970c\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #888888; font-size: 8pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yes, I realize that the researchers were talking about a simplier, less caloric form of chocolate than those in our photos. 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