No! Let this not be true.

Don't worry. If you don't like chocolate, your Government will find hundreds of other ways to poison you. I was astound to read the other day that in the first months of a baby's like, it is vaccinated against eight diseases (2 or 3 times during the next few months). Then you're told to use fluoride to brush your teeth. You need a pea-sized ammount not the full length of the bristles as on adverts. Oh, and by the way, it's a neurotoxin. Do your research.

So when I'm 90+ and fading fast I can eat a large dark chocolate bar everyday !!! What a way to go! I never thought Death By Chocolate could be a real thing!!!

I thought I'd eat the Christmas dates instead.

However, apparently dates may contain some heavy metals.
Just two dried dates contain 110 calories. 😲

We're doomed, I tell you, doomed.

This thread has reminded me to get my hit of very dark choc from the pantry. It's my daily treat!

The original poster read the information in the Independent, so why pick on the Daily Mail?

Apparently, according to my sister who works in a pathology lab, there are higher traces of certain metals (can't remember which ones) in people who have replacement joints. Let's hope there's not a recall on those!
Back to the chox, everything in moderation, so I'll continue with my occasional consumption of the dark delight - according to all sorts of other panic reports, we're all exposed to all sorts of poisons, so a bit more is neither here nor there I feel!

MaizieD

Nannashirlz

Don’t worry according to the news you can eat your Christmas tree 🎄 just not the plastic ones lol

Oh, goodness, yes. There was an article in either Saturday's Guardian, or the Observer this weekend about using conifers in cooking. I'm reluctant to give it a go..

Now back to poisoned chocolate...

DD and her friends are very keen on pine needle tea, apparently it has many benefits.

Just make sure your tree hasn't been sprayed, though.

Nannan2

Surely we must have some UK food safety rules of our own?

We could start by banning chocolate made in countries where they use these cacao beans ........

Oh wait a minute- would that be all chocolate? Even made in the EU and Switzerland? Surely not!

I'll take my chances.

Surely we must have some UK food safety rules of our own?

Oh no.im in a victorian house! (With a landlord who would skip replacing pipes unless he was forced to im guessing!) How do i get the water pipes checked for lead?

Nannashirlz

Don’t worry according to the news you can eat your Christmas tree 🎄 just not the plastic ones lol

Oh, goodness, yes. There was an article in either Saturday's Guardian, or the Observer this weekend about using conifers in cooking. I'm reluctant to give it a go..

Now back to poisoned chocolate...

Don’t worry according to the news you can eat your Christmas tree 🎄 just not the plastic ones lol

graninthemist

I was eating some dark chocolate only the other day when I broke a crown on my back tooth. So it definitely did me no good.

😁

There you are!
QED

I hope it doesn't cost too much to repair, graninthemist

Fleurpepper

The most important thing is, that there used to be very strict checks on food products, most of them related to EU regulations. These are all gone, and anything goes. Meat imports from beyond EU can and will contain all sorts that would have been previously disallowed for safety reasons.

What, in the EU too? 😲

As I posted earlier:

Lindt:

Our quality products are made in 11 production sites in Switzerland, Europe and the US

I doubt that they make chocolate specially for the UK market which contains heavy metals. It will be all their chocolate

Dark chocolate’s reputation as a relatively healthy treat stems mostly from the cocoa solids. These are packed with flavanols, which are antioxidants linked to improved blood vessel function, reduced inflammation, and lower cholesterol. Dark chocolate is also lower in sugar and higher in fiber than milk chocolate, and it has magnesium and potassium. Unfortunately, cocoa solids are also where the heavy metals, especially cadmium, lurk. That makes it tricky to balance dark chocolate’s risks and benefits

Just don't eat 10 bars a day, folks 🙂

I was eating some dark chocolate only the other day when I broke a crown on my back tooth. So it definitely did me no good.

Fleurpepper

The most important thing is, that there used to be very strict checks on food products, most of them related to EU regulations. These are all gone, and anything goes. Meat imports from beyond EU can and will contain all sorts that would have been previously disallowed for safety reasons.

You are right in principle, but it’s not relevant in this case Fleurpeper, dark chocolate made across the EU and in America was included, it’s not a UK specific issue.

Typical Daily Wail rubbish. You'd have to overeat the stuff massively to notice any effect. Misrepresentation of science by the Wail to sell more trashy newspaper. Stop reading it.

The most important thing is, that there used to be very strict checks on food products, most of them related to EU regulations. These are all gone, and anything goes. Meat imports from beyond EU can and will contain all sorts that would have been previously disallowed for safety reasons.

missdeke

Well good news on TV this morning, apparently coffee is considered to be one of your 5 a day. It is a plant after all.

Wine too. Made of fruit.

Well good news on TV this morning, apparently coffee is considered to be one of your 5 a day. It is a plant after all.

Me too. Chocolate almonds left over from Christmas. Yum.

Oreo

HurdyGurdy

Is this one of those ridiculous studies that say if you eat half a ton of dark chocolate, you'll be unwell?

With our food and drink safety standards, I'd be very surprised if companies were allowed to sell toxic products.

Yup! It’s one of those all right 😂eat a ton of anything and it’ll be bad for you.

Pass the choccies please.

This has made me want to comfort eat.

Probably put round by Cadburys by a researcher they paid to find what they wanted to be found.

HurdyGurdy

Is this one of those ridiculous studies that say if you eat half a ton of dark chocolate, you'll be unwell?

With our food and drink safety standards, I'd be very surprised if companies were allowed to sell toxic products.

Yup! It’s one of those all right 😂eat a ton of anything and it’ll be bad for you.

Not to mention Mad Hatters, poisoned by mercury.

I remember that we used to flick mercury around in the lab at school 😲
And, of course, it's in amalgam fillings.