Tag Archives: Chocolate

You Won’t Believe These 6 Health Benefits Of Homemade Chocolate Cake

When are peanut-butter cookies and chocolate cake healthy? When you’re making them. Bust out a Bundt pan and cook up some perks… 1. Less Stress Measuring out ingredients or kneading dough forces you to concentrate. These mindful moments calm the brain’s emotional centre – and direct blood flow to its impulse control hub. Which means… Read More »

Chocolate & Vicodin: My Quest for Relief from the Headache that Wouldn’t Go Away

Jennette Fulda went to bed on February 17, 2008, with a headache, and more than three years later, it still hasn’t gone away. Yes, she’s tried everything: intravenous drugs, chiropractic adjustments, acupuncture, subliminal messaging, marijuana (for medical purposes only), heavy drinking (which just made it hurt more), and lots and lots of chocolate. A pint… Read More »

Chocolate & Vicodin: My Quest for Relief from the Headache that Wouldn’t Go Away

The humorous and touching memoir of a woman who’s been seeking relief from a headache for more than two years. Jennette Fulda was riding high on the success of her first book, Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir, until one fateful day in February 2008, when she developed a headache—and it never went away. So she dealt… Read More »