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Absolutely Wonderful Things Made out of Chocolate

What better way for a chocolate company to launch its reading campaign than to have an actress lounging on a sofa made of chocolate? That’s exactly what Mars’ Galaxy brand did for its 2009 “Irresistible Reads” initiative. It called in British television actress Emilia Fox to pose on a couch made of Galaxy chocolate at Victoria Embankment Gardens in London. Now that’s a sofa you can melt into!

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I find myself a lot of times that I need to eat something, but I know I’m not hungry because I’ve just eaten an hour ago and I shouldn’t eat something else if I’m smart and I’m aware of my goal to lose fat.

Sometimes I can win over this false hunger, but sometimes I don’t and I try to eat at least something that will bring valuable nutritions to my body.

This is my top 15 fruits I have in mind when this is happening:

Apples – 1 medium apple (80 calories, 0 g fat): An apple’s 3 g of fiber help you meet your fiber goal of 20 g to 30 g daily. High-fiber diets can lower heart disease risk;
Apricots – 3 apricots (51 calories, 0 g fat): A good source of beta-carotene (which is converted to vitamin A by the body), providing the equivalent of 35% of the RDA for vitamin A;
Bananas – 1 medium (105 calories, 0 g fat): Bananas are a great source of potassium, which plays a key role in heart health and muscle function. Plus each one has 2 g of fiber;
Blackberries – 1 cup (74 calories, 0 g fat): This fruit boasts a whopping 10 g of fiber in a single cup;
Blueberries - 1 cup (81 calories, 0 g fat): Blueberries help prevent and treat bladder infections by making it hard for bacteria to stick to urinary tract walls;
Cherries – 1 cup (84 calories, 1 g fat): A good source of perillyl alcohol, which helps prevent cancer in animals. Heart-protective anthocyanins give cherries their color;
Grapefruits – 1/2 fruit (39 calories, 0 g fat): A good source of vitamin C and a compound called naringenin, which helps suppress tumors in animals;
Kiwi – 1 medium (46 calories, 0 g fat): Just one little fruit packs a mean vitamin-C punch (74 mg) and an impressive 2.8 g fiber;
Mangoes – 1 mango (135 calories, 1 g fat): A single mango has enough beta-carotene to cover your RDA for vitamin A while racking up 57 mg of vitamin C;
Oranges fruits- 1 orange (61 calories, 0 g fat): One orange provides an impressive 50 mg to 70 mg of vitamin C, 40 mcg of folic acid and 52 mg of calcium;
Papayas – 1 cup, cubed (55 calories, 0 g fat): Loaded with vitamin C (86 mg per cup), a healthy dose of fiber (2.5 g) and a sprinkling of beta-carotene and calcium;
Purple grapes - 1 small (113 calories, 0.9 g fat):Offer three heart-guarding compounds: flavonoids, anthocyanins and resveratrol (green grapes are not rich in them);
Prunes – 1/3 cup, stewed (87 calories, 0 g fat): Prunes’ famed laxative effect is no mystery: There are 5 g of fiber (both soluble and insoluble) in just 1/3 cup;
Raspberries - 1 cup (60 calories, 0 g fat): Teeming with 8 g of fiber per cup, they also boast vitamin C, ellagic acid and anthocyanins;
Strawberries - 1 cup, sliced (50 calories, 0 g fat): Strawberries have high levels of ellagic acid and anthocyanins, and are rich in vitamin C (95 mg per cup) and fiber (3.8 g per cup).

Source: Dietmotion

Royal wedding: Meanings behind the WEDDING CAKE

ETERNAL love, beauty and endurance... these are just some of the special meanings behind the lavish official wedding cake in honour of the happy couple.

The eight-tier cake, designed and made by Fiona Cairns, featured 17 different flower designs, each symbolising a particular quality.

The bride and groom cut the first slice of the magnificent confection yesterday afternoon as they celebrated their marriage with friends and family at the Buckingham Palace reception held in the picture gallery.

Among the 900 individually iced flowers were acorns and oak leaves (strength), myrtle (love), ivy (wedded love and marriage), lily of the valley (sweetness and humility), rose (happiness and love), honeysuckle (the bond of love) and daisy (innocence, beauty and simplicity).

Other flowers included sweet William (grant me one smile), apple blossom (preference and good fortune), white heather (protection and wishes will come true), jasmine (amiability), orange blossom (marriage, eternal love and fruitfulness) and lavender (ardent attachment, devotion, success and luck).

Symbolising the national symbols of England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland were white rose, daffodil, shamrock and thistle respectively.

The cake was decorated with cream and white icing using the Joseph Lambeth technique – a style of decorating a cake in which intricate piping is used to create three dimensional scrollwork, leaves and flowers.

St James’s Palace said the method ensured “the wedding cake of choice for anyone who wants a traditional looking, elegant wedding cake”.