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Revision as of 22:04, 14 February 2012

Contents 1 Science Resources 2 Current Issues 3 Suggested Sciency Links from Prof Patti Christie's Kitchen Chemistry class 4 Cocoa beans 5 Chocolate Classifications 6 Chocolate and the Brain 7 Chocolate and Health

Science Resources

• <red>upload LCS poster</red>
• <red>upload 2 ppts: Naveen's and Anna's</red>
• Exploratorium's online chocolate exhibit
• Chocolate Scientists from TCHO

 * Boing Boing interviews TCHO's chocolate technicians

• Chocolate facts
• Beckett's The Science of Chocolate book

Current Issues

• Mapping the Cacao Genome
• Chocolate and Slave Labor
• Effects of Global Warming on Cacao Production (PDF download)

Suggested Sciency Links from Prof Patti Christie's Kitchen Chemistry class

Cocoa beans

• Botanical classification of cocoa
• Cocoa bean processing

Chocolate Classifications

• What are different types of chocolate?
• What is the difference between natural and dutch processed cocoa?

Chocolate and the Brain

• Why do we crave chocolate?
• Receptor in the brain that interacts with chocolate

Chocolate and Health

• Health benefits of chocolate
• Chocolate as a drug for Diabetes
• Chemistry of chocolate
• Scientific paper "Cocoa can Prevent High-fat Diet-induced Obesity by Regulating the Expression of Genes for Fatty Acid Metabolism"