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How to Get Over Your Chocolate Hangover

How to Get Over Your Chocolate Hangover

Chocolate might be Better than Sex, but What About when You’ve Overdosed?

Who doesn’t love chocolate? But how much did YOU eat by Valentine’s Day? According to Nielsen’s, we buy more than 58 million pounds of chocolate candy during Valentine’s week alone, about $345 million worth. That’s just over 5 percent of total chocolate sales for the whole year.

Valentine’s Day - Understood in 15 Numbers

Valentine’s Day - Understood in 15 Numbers

Does Valentine’s Day not make sense for you? Here's Valentine’s Day Explained Using Numbers.

Saint Valentine's Day, commonly known as Valentine's Day, or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world. Here are some numbers who those who like to crunch them. Unless otherwise, the statistics refer to the United States:

Valentines Day, A Treat Or A Treatment?

Valentines Day, A Treat Or A Treatment?

The importance of Valentine's Day

Nancy was already feeling in the dumps and it was only the middle of January. Fancy Valentine boxes of chocolates appearing in the local drug store made her feel worse. Valentine cards, ideas for gifts and romantic evenings seemed to be everywhere. Nancy, 28 and single, felt assaulted by the media and even the other gals in the office who were comfortably in relationships and busily planning for February 14th. And to make matters even worse, her boyfriend of the last 3 years had just married. She could only imagine how much fun he would be having in a few weeks.

Fastest Route to Irresistible You:  From Kitchen to the Bedroom?

Fastest Route to Irresistible You: From Kitchen to the Bedroom?

Do the French know something we don’t? They equate food with love. Maybe we should take a cue.

Irresistible You in the Bedroom may start with Irresistible You in the Kitchen. Maybe we should take a hint from the French. No other culture on the planet puts sex and food together in the same sentence, let alone the same room. What makes you irresistible?  Je ne sais quoi: the French phrase that translates as “I just don’t know how to describe it,” is about the closest expression you’ll find -- just about anywhere – for capturing the essence of this elusive state.

Love Chocolate? How To Be Healthy About It [EXPERT]
Chocolate isn't as bad for you as you may think.

Love Chocolate? How To Be Healthy About It

How to incorporate chocolate into your health-conscious lifestyle.

If you're a chocolate lover then you probably don't need much convincing that chocolate is good for you. You are probably thrilled that right about now, the stores are overflowing with chocolate bunnies and eggs.

Romantic Mocha Breakfast Fondue For 2

Romantic Mocha Breakfast Fondue For 2

What famous meal involves a woman kissing the man seated next to her?

Romantic Mocha Breakfast Fondue For 2 By Zoe Rogers Traditionally, if a woman seated at the fondue table drops her dipping food into the pot, she has to kiss the man seated nearest to her. If a man drops his…well, if it was cheese fondue, he has to buy the next bottle of wine. But, since this Mocha Fondue takes center stage for breakfast, you and your Fondue partner will have to make your own tradition for what he needs to do!

Resiliency Vs. Chocolate On Valentine's Day

Resiliency Vs. Chocolate On Valentine's Day

Have you ever wondered why some people eat chocolate instead of logging quality time with others?

Did you know that your consumption of dark chocolate verses milk chocolate is in direct proportion to how loved you feel; especially, on and around Valentine’s Day? Wouldn’t that be a fabulous study to troll for why this is so? If you’re a female, when you think about your monthly cycle, and where your emotions (and hormones) are at any given day due to what’s happening at work, in your love life, with friends, and your family; and how you never seem to have enough time to be everywhere and with everyone you want to be…It isn’t t

15 Worst Valentine's Day Gifts
Stationary bikes, plastic roses and more awful Valentine's Day gifts.

15 Worst Valentine's Day Gifts

Nothing says Valentine's Day like a half-eaten bag of M&Ms... or getting dumped.

Last year, after celebrating 15 years of me griping about the price of flowers and returning jewelry I didn't like, my husband finally got the hint and got me ... nothing. Unlike most of my friends, I really didn't mind. Plus, compared to some of the whoppers on this list, nothing seems like the best gift ever.

history of valentines day chocolate flowers gifts
The history of Valentine's Day, in a nutshell.

Why Chocolate? And Other Valentine's Day Questions

Chocolate, flowers, and cards: Oh my! Why we give these gifts on Valentine's Day.

Ever since we were in pre-kindergarten, Valentine's Day has been marked by cards, flowers, chocolate, and—depending on your luck—that One Special Person. But do you know why Valentine's Day is the way it is? Like 'em or loathe 'em, here we explain the holiday's most popular traditions.

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Love & Beauty: One-Third Of Obese Women Were Sexually Abused

Plus, why you shouldn't trust men who love big boobs, and why hairy armpits are sexy.

Obese women are more likely to be sexually abused. Promiscuous men like big-breasted women. Why hairy armpits can be sexy. Natural hair. Secret eating. More health benefits of chocolate. Giving back for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.