Manfaat Coklat Bagi Kesehatan
18 Juni 2004 08:53:00

Kabar baik bagi para penggemar coklat bahwa coklat mengandung flavonoids yaitu komponen yang dapat membantu memelihara kesehatan jantung, sirkulasi darah dan mengurangi pembekuan darah-yang dapat menyebabkan serangan jantung dan stroke.

Flavonoids dalam coklat berasal dari biji coklat yang kaya flavonoids. Beberapa penelitian menunjukkan sebatang coklat pekat mengandung flavonoids sebanyak enam apel, 4,5 cangkir teh, 28 gelas anggur putih dan 2 gelas anggur merah.

Namun sayang, cokelat yang ada di pasaran juga memiliki tingkat lemak dan gula yang tinggi. Karena itu, The British Heart Foundation menganjurkan untuk tetap meningkatkan konsumsi buah-buahan dan sayuran yang juga mengandung tingkat flavonoids lebih tinggi. Tetapi bila coklat tetap menjadi pilihan, menikmati saja sedikit coklat secara teratur.
Beberapa manfaat coklat, antara lain disebutkan:


Coklat lebih baik dari "bercinta". Selama bertahun-tahun, penelitian berusaha menemukan apa yang membuat coklat begitu menarik. Ternyata coklat dikaitkan dengan perasaan manusia karena rasanya yang lezat. Menurut peneliti dari Universitas Cambridge, Adrian Owen, pengaruh makan coklat adalah psikologis. Kombinasi aroma yang khas dengan tekstur dan rasa membuat makan coklat adalah sebuah pengalaman menyenangkan.

Coklat baik bagi jantung. Peneliti Universitas California menemukan flavan-3-ols, senyawa yang ditemukan dalam coklat, dikaitkan dapat menurunkan resiko penyakit kardiovaskular. Coklat juga mengandung nutrisi yang ditemukan dalam makanan lain yaitu antioksidan dimana merupakan komponen alam yang dapat membantu menangkis penyakit seperti penyakit jantung.

Coklat dapat mengobati batuk. Apakah anda tahu makan coklat lebih efektif dibanding minum obat batuk? Menurut para ahli zat kimia yang ditemukan dalam coklat lebih baik dalam menyembuhkan batuk dibanding obat batuk. Hal ini didasari pada sebuah senyawa yang disebut theobromine yang dapat mencegah batuk.

Coklat dapat menyerang kanker. Coklat mengandung tingkat polyphenols yang tinggi, senyawa yang ditemukan dalam makanan yang berasal dari tumbuhan yang bertindak sebagai antioksidan yang dapat membantu melindungi dari penyakit serius seperti kanker.

Coklat melindungi dari stroke. Sebuah penelitian di Universitas California mengungkapkan coklat dapat membantu mencegah pembekuan darah, sesuatu yang dapat membantu pasien terkena stroke. Para peneliti mengatakan coklat memiliki pengaruh yang sama dengan aspirin yang dikenal sebagai antipembekuan darah.

Coklat mencegah tekanan darah tinggi. Penelitian baru-baru ini menemukan senyawa yang terdapat dalam coklat dapat mebantu mencegah tekanan darah tinggi karena coklat kaya flavanol, sejenis antioksidan yang dapat melacak dan menghancurkan kimia berbahaya dalam tubuh yang menyebabkan penuan dan berpotensi pada penyakit serius.

diambil dari
http://www.dnet.net.id/kesehatan/kiatalami/detail.php?id=598


nggak salah kan kalo aku minta coklat :P hehehe... yang pada jalan-jalan ato mau balik ke jogja, kasih aku oleh-oleh coklat ya!! hehehe... semakin murni coklatnya.. semakin berguna loh... :P apalagi coklat dari belanda... ato jepang... *sambil lirik-lirik 4 orang* hahahaha...
kemaren dapet coklat, oleh-oleh dari ortu yang pergi jalan-jalan, tuh potonya ada di atas... :P enak loh.. ada marshmallow jugak!!! yang unik, ada coklat rasa teh hijau... kirain papahku mo nyindir aku, dengan memberi coklat teh hijau, biar langsing kali!! *sok sensi* ternyata, yang mbeliin aja nggak ngerti kalo ada rasa teh hijau... bhuawhahahahha... aku gak tek seneng sama yang teh hijau, kayak dedaunan rasanya!!! aku suka DOVE *bukan moisturiser loh!!* yang hazelnut & fruit sama crunch.. perasaan coklat-coklat itu ada di supermarket sini.. tapi kok rasanya beda bangett ya??? kali' karena beda 'made in' nya.. hahahha,

omong-omong tentang coklat, jadi inget jaman kecil dulu.. seneng banget tuh kalo dikasih coklat cap jago ato robot :P kalo gak coklat koin.... hihihi, yang kalo dimakan lengket semua di gigi, karena banyakan tepung sama gula daripada coklatnya!! hahaha...

omong-omong tentang jaman kecil (kok jadi berantai), jadi inget anak-anak ELBOM.. ELBOM (Liburan Bocah Muslim) yang diadain KMP (Keluarga Muslim Psikologi) hari ini dimulai acaranya, sampek besok selasa di wisma Gadjah Mada... aku tadi pagi-pagi udah naek ke kaliurang, baru balik maghrib ini... beratt banget ninggalin, aku sebenernya pengen banget nginep, tapi aku gak bawa salin dan aku juga masih sakit... takut tambah remuk nih badan... lagian ada kemungkinan besok pagi2 ciaoo ke jkt.
tadi sebelum pulang, ada kejadian nggemesin.. ada salah satu peserta, namanya Lano, cowok, umurnya 10-11 tahunan kali ya.. badannya tuh gedhe, endutz & chubby bangettt... tapi BANDELnya minta ampunnn... nggemesin banget lah... tadi tuh udah di tarik-tarik.. lepas lagi... diseret... lepas lagi... digendong berempat sama temen-temen yang laen... lepas lagi... *fiuwh, tenaga abiss* akhirnya dilepasin, tak tinggal turun ke jogja... dia waktu itu bilang, 'sumoo-chan besok ke sini lagi ya!!! aku mau maen sama kamu... kalo nggak ada kamu, aku nggak mau mandi loh...' *GUBRAG* tidak berdaya akuw... ya wes, aku cuma bilang... aku besok ke sini lagi, tapi kamu jangan bandel ya!!! :)) waktu aku ngomong, ada kemungkinan aku bisa ke sana.. lha tapi ini tadi pulang rumah, kok ada kemungkinan aku besok gak bisa ke sana :(( hiks.. jadi kangen sama Lano... kangen dan gemes sama kebandelannya.. hahahaha... besok deh, kalo ada fotonya dia, aku posting di sini.. tadi pas gak bawa kamera je! :(

What might have been (Little Texas)

Sure I think about you now and then
but it's been a long, long time
I've got a good life now, I've moved on
So when you cross my mind

I try not to think about what might have been
'cause that was then and we have taken diff'rent roads
We can't go back again there's no use giving in
And there's no way to know
What might have been

We could sit and talk about this all night long
And wonder why we didn't last
Yes, they might be the best days we will ever know
But we'll have to leave them in the past.

That same old look in your eyes
it's a beautiful night
I'm so tempted to stay
But too much time has gone by
We should just say good-bye
and turn and walk away

No, we'll never know
what might have been

to be honest, I never regret what we had gone by... if you asked me why? it's because we've never ever been the same after everything that we passed together. We had been processing to be a better man... for the bitterness, even the sweetest things...

Heaven (DJ Sammy & Yanou)

Baby you're all that i want
When you're lying here in my arms
Im finding it hard to believe
we're i heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isnt too hard to see
We're In Heaven

oh thinkin about our younger years
there was only you and me
we were young and wild and free
Now nothing can take you away from me
we've been down that road before
but thats over now
you keep me coming back for more

Baby you're all that i want
When you're lying here in my arms
Im finding it hard to believe
we're i heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isnt too hard to see
We're In Heaven
We're in heaven

Now nothing can change what you mean to me
there's a lot that i can say
but just hold me now
cuz our love will light the way

Baby you're all that i want
When you're lying here in my arms
Im finding it hard to believe
we're in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isnt too hard to see
We're In Heaven

Now ourdreams are coming true
through the good times and the bad
i'll be standing there by you

we're in heaven
love is all that i need
And i fnd it there in your heart
it isnt to hard to see
we're i heaven

We're in heaven

lagi seneng sama lagu ini. ini lagu udah kucari-cari berbulan-bulan, dan ternyata ada di komputernya kakakku.. ya wes.. angkutt!!! :)) lirik e ya apik ya.. apik kalo udah nemu other half *t'tawa kecut* hahahhaha.... btw, baru nyadar kalo yg mbawain dj sammy

I'm dying for one of these two stuff!!!

aduh! keren ajah ni nikon d70 sama canon eos 300d (rebel)... kamera DSLR dengan fitur yang lumayan untuk (semi) profesional dan di rentang harga yang reasonable (kalo nggak boleh dibilang 'murah') tentu saja untuk orang yang punya uang dan anggaran untuk beli kamera ini... dslr gitu loh!! bodynya 10 jutaan!! sebelum generasi ini, mana ada dslr di harga segituan.. minim 16 juta :)
aku pribadi, to be honest pengenn banget punya kamera digital slr, pinginnya sih d100 ato 10d tapi harganya selangit! hihihi...
d70 sama eos 300d aja udah seawan... *jayuz ah!*
kalo aku punya duit, ato ada yang mo beliin, di antara dua kamera itu, aku kayaknya ambil yang d70 deh! alesannya:
1. udah terlanjur ber'agama' NIKON :D jadi cara makenya lebih bisa nikon kali' ye, untuk metering dkk. dulu pernah mo belajar canon, tapi udah kalah sebelum bertanding, payah ni!
2. nikon itu kalo ngeluarin barang sangat hati-hati sekali, oleh karena itu dia tuh jarang banget ngeluarin produk. sekalinya dia ngeluarin produk pasti udah melewati R&D yang cermat dan tepat! dia tuh pelan-pelan tapi pasti! artinya, nggak perlu menahan keinginan atau menyesal dengan produk-produk baru yang selalu keluar setiap waktu (seperti canon maksudnya)!
3. lensa nikon (katanya) kompatibel untuk banyak jenis kamera dia. beda ama canon, yang kompatibilitasnya kecil.
4. lensanya katanya karakternya lebih tajam dan natural, dibandingkan dengan canon yang lembut.
5. teknologi d70 lebih maju satu langkah dibanding 300d, karena keluarnya lebih lambat beberapa bulan.
tapi... sayangnya:
1. harga d70 lebih mahal $450-an dolar ketimbang 300d
2. harga lensa dan flash nikon mahal dibanding canon.
3. variasi lensanya dikit, dibanding canon (lagi).
itulah yang bikin ragu2 membeli d70 atau 300d! gaya, kayak mo beli ajah :P

alternatif laen untuk fitur yang bisa manual setting, aperture priority dan/atau shutter priority adalah coolpix 5400 atau g-5.
disaranin sama calon kakak sepupu ipar (lah, pusing amat ngurutin garis persodaraannya!) g-5 aja kalo 'sebatas dokumentasi'. di artha, jogja canon g-5 ini dilepas di harga 5,4 kalo nggak salah. tapi lagi-lagi, aku mending milih cp5400-nya yang dilepas di harga 5,8 (@_@, duit darimana!!)

ah embuh lah, aku dah muthung! kayaknya lebih baik explore skill photography aku pakai senjata bulukan nan setia bersamaku... saya dengan bangga memperkenalkan... nikon f50d saya!!! hihihi... yang bikin males pake slr manual adalah proses cuci-cetaknya itu loh.. soalnya aku nggak bisa, dan menurutku itu ribet! aku kan orangnya ndak telaten kalo untuk hal seperti itu yang membutuhkan tingkat ketelitian tinggi... hehehhe...

temans, doakan saya punya rejeki banyak biar bisa beli kamera dslr yaa :)) ntar aku foto deh, hahaha....

A LOVE STORY

One beautiful summer day at Trevi Fountain you see the most lovely creature you have ever seen. Their name is *****, and every move He makes just turns you on more and more. You nudge your best friend Lili and say, "Wow, that has to be the most bright body I have ever seen." Suddenly, He looks in your direction and starts walking right towards you!!! He says, "I noticed you staring at me from over there. I just had to tell you, that I think you are so great , and was wondering if you'd like to go to Eiffel Tower with me and eat ?" With a stupid smile on your face you say, " hasyah " and go with them. When you finally get to Eiffel Tower , He moves closer to you, and gives you the biggest kiss ever. The two of you are passionately kissing, when you feel a book hit you on the back of the head. You open your eyes to find out it's all a dream, but there is a note left next to your bed.

It reads: " ***** is the love you've been waiting your whole life for. He will ask you out in 3 days or less, but only if you send this e-mail to at least 10 people within the next few minutes. The more people you send it to, the sooner they will ask you out, and you both fall in love. Do not take this lightly, because if you simply ignore this, you will have bad luck in love for the next 3 years!"

You have to try this at http://www.love.2loop.com/ !!!

Enjoy Life!

I'll be happy when...

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married,
have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids
aren't old
enough
and we'll be more content when they are. After that, we're frustrated
that
we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they
are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be
complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a
nicer car, when we are able to go on a nice vacation or when we retire. The truth is there's no better time to be happy than right
now. If not now, when? Your life
will
always be filled with challenges.

It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway.
Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have and
treasure
it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to
spend
your time with ... and remember that time waits for no one.

So, stop waiting ..
Until your car or home is paid off.
Until you get a new car or home.
Until your kids leave the house.
Until you go back to school.
Until you finish school.
Until you lose 10 lbs.
Until you gain 10 lbs.
Until you get married.
Until you get a kid.
Until you have many kids.
Until you retire.
Until summer..
Until spring.
Until winter.
Until fall.
Until you die.

There is no better time than right now to be happy. Happiness is a
journey,
not a destination. So work like you don't need money, love like
you've never been hurt, and, dance like no one's watching.

Is This Love?

LOVE starts with a SMILE , grows with a KISS , and ends with a TEAR. DON'T cry over anyone who won't cry over you.
Good FRIENDS are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget!. You can only go as far as you push. ACTIONS speak louder than words. The HARDEST thing to do is watch the one you love, love somebody else. DON'T let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff. LIFE'S SHORT. If you don't look around once in a while you might miss it. A BEST FRIEND is like a four leaf clover, HARD TO FIND and LUCKY TO HAVE! Some people make the world SPECIAL just by being in it. BEST FRIENDS are the siblings God forgot to give us. When it HURTS to look back, and you're SCARED to look ahead, you can look beside you and your BEST FRIEND will be there.

TRUE FRIENDSHIP "NEVER" ENDS. Friends are FOREVER. Good friends are like STARS You don't always see them, but you know they are ALWAYS THERE. DON'T frown. You never know who is falling in love with your smile. What do you do when the only person who can make you stop crying is the person who made you cry? Nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them. Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end. Most people walk in and out of your life, but only FRIENDS leave footprints in your heart. Send this on to everyone special in your life, ven
the people who really make you MAD sometimes and to the people whose lives you want to be in!!! And send it back to the person who sent it to you if they mean something to you!! Remember, every minute spent angry is sixty seconds of happiness wasted.

AWESOME PRAYER:

May today there be peace within you. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. "I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."

"Possession"

Tadi baru aja nonton film POSSESSION di HBO, wuih filmnya kereen bangett!!! So Beautiful that made my heart bursting... mau deh nonton lagi!!! Central figurenya itu Dr. Maud Bailey (Gwyneth Paltrow) trus co-actornya Roland Michell (Aaron Eckhart). Ceritanya Roland itu dosen dari US yg mendalami Victorian Poet dapet beasiswa ke UK untuk menyelidiki tentang puisi2nya Henry Ash. Nah, pas lagi mendalami tentang puisi2nya itu dia nemuin kalo Ash itu berhubungan dengan Christabel LaMotte yang selama ini tidak diketahui para ahli yg mendalami puisinya LaMotte (dan juga Ash). Syahdan, ada seorang ahli Victorian Poet yang mendalami puisi-puisinya LaMotte, Dr. Maud Bailey yang mempunyai hubungan darah dengan LaMotte ini... (pada awalnya dia tahunya dirinya adalah cucu dari cucu dari adiknya LaMotte)
Si Roland ini tertarik banget untuk mengetahui sejarah dan hubungan yang terjadi antara Ash ama LaMotte, makanya dia beraniin diri nemuin Maud. And then, setelah mereka ketemu... the real story begins :) Waaahh.. pokoknya seru abis! nonton deh, dijamin nggak rugi...
Film ini tuh diadaptasi dari novel berjudul sama "Possession" yang ditulis ama A.S Byatt.
Filmnya sendiri 'kaya' banget... alur ceritanya bagus, klimaknya ok dan nggak ngebosenin, pokoknya ketika filmnya berakhir... rasanya PENGEN LAGI!!! hehehe... bikin penonton (aku) tenggelam dalam kehidupan dan emosi baik Maud&Rollan dan Ash&LaMotte... apalagi filmnya dibikin alurnya maju-mundur (tapi nggak bikin bingung kok!)
WAJIB TONTON!!! :d

ke'aku'an ku

seringkali aku terjebak dalam keegoisanku sendiri. aku lebih banyak berpikir dengan pola pikir aku, mauku, perasaanku, keinginanku dan harapanku. jarang aku berpikir mengenai apa yang ada di dalam pikiran dan hati orang lain. kenapa ya?
kenapa justru ketika aku 'menasehati' orang lain yang mengalami masalah yang sama, aku baru sadar bahwa aku dulu sebegitu egoisnya... aku dulu sebegitu 'sok suci'-nya... dan so self-defensive...
dan ketika aku dihadapkan pada situasi yang sama, aku tidak banyak berubah... cuma bisa sedikit mengalah.
seringkali aku cuma bisa mengejar kesenanganku sendiri tanpa banyak memikirkan orang lain. bahkan ketika aku berada di situasi yang membutuhkan keputusan dan pemikiran bersama 2 insan.
makanya, tidak heran kalau keadaanku masih begini-begini saja... aku kira keadaan tidak akan banyak berubah sampai aku bisa menaklukan ke'aku'an ku... huh?

no no no.. keep me away from this fuckin feeling!!! :(

Gosssshhh... Is this how loneliness matter in someone's feelin?? damn it!!

thing so called love...

i can't drown into this situation... things seem getting worse, me my self especially... too much hopes but less dream. oh God, last time You sent me a guardian angel that i asked, it seems that he was too good for me... then finally, he ended up like a broken glasses in front of me. in fact, i was not that bad like what i was thinking about.
now, i don't want any. i want none. so, don't make me 'trapped' into this thingies called love... at least for now, i don't want to mend my or anyone's broken heart :) keep the past for sure... i am not ready for this again, for the same situation and the same ...
he is too good for me. he has been trying to keep me alive and not being disturbed (from him maybe :p)... it is so kind of him, isn't it? so I don't want to be an ungrateful one :)
arghhh... love love love.... :))
and for the other one, oh c'mon... it's just an old javanese proverb... if i said yes for this one, i will still be the same person with i was 2 or 3 years ago...

Candi Sukuh and Assignments!! Argghhh... :((

Thank God finally i can manage to finish my graphic test reports!! fiuwh.. it wasted a lot of papers... 20 sheets for each subject!!! wooohooo... By the way, last thursday I went to Candi Sukuh Ceto, in mount Lawu, Central Java and it was so gorgeous!!! The history behind the temple is quite interesting too.. It was a fertility cult :P
Unfortunately, I didn't see many interesting things which should have been there!!! I don't know why... I wanna go there again someday.. but the way there is so frightening.. loads of steep roads.. can you imagine, a U road at 45 degree angle ... *scared* but it's worth it!!

I'll write about it later... :D