David Cameron's Journey to Downing Street. The Chocolate Theory

DC's Chocolate Diet

I had a comment late yesterday about Thorntons and David Cameron. Chocolate has many benefits to the state of a person. I don't simply talk about Thorntons for a sake of it. Everyone has noticed that DC has been tired. He has only recently been bereaved [ that is in the world of bereavement, not much time has past since his son's death]. David though is a man who went back to work very soon and has fought extremely well. DC is a human being and like every human being, he probably does suffer from exhaustion and even super humans tire when they are listening to the hotair of El Gordo.

El Gordo is in trouble. Thats because El Gordo has no idea about people. He keeps making one guffaw after another and we wish the Tower of London was open so he could just be locked away for public safety more than anything else. Labour's stage managed campaign is not convincing anyone. I am one of the victims of Nu Labour. They have often treated me with contempt. This is why I know that when I am nasty about Nu Labour, it is justified.

So back to chocolate - well DC needs some urgently. I would say a daily piece of chocolate would fine tune his performance and lead him to 10 Downing Street. As for Pretty Boy Clegg, not quite sure which Full Monty women's club he is going to frequent next. Even if Pretty Polly had mountains of chocolate, we wouldn't believe that there is a 3D version of Clegg locked somewhere in the Lib Dims closets.

So back to the theory behind DC's chocolate diet.

"A new study by scientists at the Nestle Research Center in Lausanne Switzerland has found more about the health benefits of dark chocolate and that enjoying this type of chocolate might not just be a tasty indulgence, but it also appears to lower levels of stress hormones in those who are feeling stressed out.

Add this to the growing number of potential benefits to your heart that come from dark chocolate and all those good-for-you flavonoids inside that tasty package, and you'll be choosing this delicious confectionary over any other kind.

Enjoying one dark chocolate candy bar daily for two weeks was found in this latest study to actually reduce levels of cortisol as well as the "fight or flight" hormones known as catecholamines in highly stressed people"

And then there is the effect on DC's brain

A special cocoa made to retain naturally occurring compounds called flavanols may have the potential to help maintain healthy brain function and chart the course for future research that could lead to new solutions for preventing cognitive decline and dementia, according to a panel of scientists who presented new data at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Several studies suggest that consumption of a special cocoa made to be rich in flavanols, a naturally occurring nutrient abundant in fresh cocoa, may improve blood vessel function. Now, scientists believe the potential blood flow benefits associated with consumption of this flavanol-rich cocoa may extend to the brain -- which could have important implications for learning and memory.“This research is impressive in that multiple laboratories are coming to the same conclusion about this flavanol-rich cocoa, and the findings give us completely new insights into how this flavanol-rich cocoa may impact health in a variety of ways not previously known,” said symposium organizer Harold H. Schmitz, Ph.D., chief science officer at Mars, Incorporated, which helped sponsor today’s symposium and has supported research on cocoa flavanols for more than 15 years. “The findings raise the possibility that products utilizing this cocoa could be developed to help maintain healthy brain function throughout several life stages. More research examining the potential of this cocoa in this important area of public health need is clearly warranted.”

So there we have it, a piece of Thorntons chocolates a day will keep DC in good shape. When he gets to 10 Downing Street, all us peasants expect large boxes of chocolates :) in exchange for this scientific advice. Of course, if DC puts himself on the chocolate diet, the grinning fool formally known as Tony Blair will really know what high blood pressure feels like at a Polyclinic.