...years, more than just by providing us with decadent chocolate. ”The cocoa bean happens to be the thing from which chocolate is made” (Willy Wonka, 2005). Newfound evidence suggests chocolate promotes blood flow which reduces blood pressure. Taking a look into the chocolate world to see where chocolate truly comes from, what it is made of, what possible health benefits it offers can help decide whether to allow what was once thought of as the “forbidden food” moderately back into our diet. So, jump on the boat and take a Wonka style ride down the chocolate river to see what we can discover. Grab yourself a chocolate morsel for the ride and go ahead indulge, chocolate is good for your health. Chocolate leads a sticky path all the way back to the Classic Period Mayans (250-900 C.E. [A.D.]) and Aztecs according to the hieroglyphics and artifacts found by various archaeologists. Chocolate was relied on for many different reasons and was considered a symbol of wealth and power. Even the Oompa Loompas knew the value of cocoa beans; “The food they longed for the most was the cocoa bean. The Oompa Loompa was lucky if they found three or four cocoa beans a year. Oh, how they craved it. All they’d ever think about was cocoa beans” (Willy Wonka, 2005). Most importantly, chocolate was considered an offering to the “Gods” because it was a gift from them. It was also used as currency to pay taxes and as medication. The Mayans believed chocolate helped them ease childbirth pains and get rid of...
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...11 Reasons Why You’re Not Losing Belly Fat Potatoes "Many people still think that because potatoes have a high glycemic index they will induce cravings and weight gain, but research shows this isn’t the case," says Joy Dubost, PhD, RD, spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. In fact, potatoes ranked number one on the famous satiety index, which was published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 1995. During the low-carb years, they fell out of favor, but lately there’s been a renewed interest in studying their effect on diet and weight loss. After all, even though a potato is carb-heavy, it is a vegetable—one medium spud contains 168 calories with 5 grams of protein and 3 grams of fiber. Some experts argue that they are particularly satisfying because of they contain resistant starch—complex starch molecules that we can’t digest. Apples and Pears With a satisfying crunch—or in the case of certain softer varieties, a sweet, juicy bite—pears provide a lot of bang for your buck (the dollar kind and nutritional kind). For less than $1 and around 100 calories, you get between 4 and 6 grams of appetite-suppressing fiber, plus lots of antioxidants. A recent study from Washington State University suggests that Granny Smiths are the most beneficial for our gut bacteria due to their high content of non-digestible compounds, including dietary fiber. Researchers believe that re-establishing a healthy balance of bacteria in the colon stabilizes metabolic...
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...Natural Insect Repellents | | | Maintain a healthy lifestyle with ALVEO | Around the world millions of people spend a lot of money on buying insect repellents for domestic use. This is a very important investment for families as insects and various arthropod pests spread dangerous diseases, killing or sickening millions of people each year. In fact, the health of a family may sometimes depend even on the choice of insect repellent being used at home. Insects and other disease spreading pests can threaten the health and lives of families and individuals in a community, many lethal diseases such as Lyme disease, bubonic plague, dengue fever and malaria, for example, are spread by biting or stinging pests. The pests include all insects, example, the mosquito is responsible for spreading malaria, as well as ticks which spread Lyme disease. The citizens of first world countries typically tend to become infected through the bite or sting of insects and bugs while they are abroad. Indeed, travelers to exotic locales are often affected by nasty diseases transmitted by insects or bugs and bring such disease home with them. The greatest dangers lurk closer home and one need not travel across the world to face tiny pests. Many local insects and bugs in North America can cause serious diseases. Therefore, protecting the entire family through the prudent use of good quality insect and bug repellents is a necessity. Insects and bugs as vectors Each year, millions of people die...
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...The Hershey Company Presents Bucket of Chocolate The Hershey Company Presents Bucket of Chocolate Table of Contents Situational Analysis Executive Summary 4-5 Introduction 5-6 Industry Analysis 7 Product Category 7 Nature of Demand 7 Product Life Cycle 8 Top Competitors 9 Company Analysis 9 The Hershey Company Background 9-10 The Hershey Company Mission Statement 10 The Hershey Company SWOT Analysis 10-16 Competition 17 Nestlé Background & SWOT Analysis 17-21 Mars Background & SWOT Analysis 21-25 Objectives for the New Product Plan 25-29 Segmenting, Targeting, Positioning 29 Segmenting 29-30 Demographic 30-32 Geographic 32-33 Psychographic 33 Behavioral 34 Target Market 34-35 Positioning 35 Marketing Mix Product Decisions 36 Product Description/Classification 36 Branding, Packaging, and Labeling 37 Hershey’s New Product vs. Hershey’s Existing Products 38 Hershey’s Bucket of Chocolate vs. Competitors 38-39 Price Decisions 39 Pricing Strategy 39-40 Hershey’s Bucket of Chocolate vs. Competitors 40-42 Place Decisions 43 Distribution Channel and Physical Distribution 43 Distribution Intensity 43-44 Placement Decisions Fit Positioning and Pricing Goals 44-45 Hershey’s In-Store Placement vs. Competitors...
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...Entrepreneurship and Small Business Element CW/1 Individual Essay ‘Entrepreneurship is said to benefit society in many ways, however there is also said to be a dark side to entrepreneurship. Drawing on academic literature, consider the downsides of entrepreneurship.’ Introduction Entrepreneurship is portrayed by society and media as a positive concept, often praised for the creation of jobs and innovation. Individual entrepreneurs, such as Steve Jobs and Richard Branson, are idolized and perceived as enthusiastic and ambitious individuals. However not everything is as positive as it seems. In recent years, there has been a vast emergence of academic literature based around the ‘dark side’ of entrepreneurship, a concept that was first explored and introduced by Baumol (1990). Baumol introduced a different approach to the widely accepted Schumpeterian model of entrepreneurship, where he suggested that entrepreneurship could be unproductive and even destructive. This essay will discuss and evaluate the literature of the ‘dark side’ of entrepreneurship. Individual Psychological Factors The ‘dark side’ of entrepreneurship has been thoroughly investigated by a range of academics, and is discussed in many pieces of literature. A key area of focus in these seems to be the psychological factors that entrepreneurs possess as individuals, and how these factors can create all sorts of problems. Entrepreneurs are often portrayed as creative, ambitious and enthusiastic...
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...large amounts of laxatives in order to get rid of the food, bingeing is a psychological disorder that manifests itself by loss of control in which emotion and thinking patterns cause a person to take on dangerous eating habits, such as overeating. Usually, these habits are a way of coping with depression, stress or anxiety. Food, being the commodity of which the sufferer has lost complete control, becomes more of an enemy than a lifeless object. Binge eating is new to the long list of traditional eating disorders and is said to affect millions of people around the world. Persons suffering with this disorder are not immediately recognized, because they are quite masterful at hiding their actions. For the purpose of this essay, specific clinical issues such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy and treatment programs for binge eating disorder will be analyzed. What causes binge eating disorder? Although we do not know the exact cause of binge eating disorder, researchers have found that it is a combination of biological, psychological and social and cultural factors. 1. Biological causes of binge eating disorder Binge eating is caused by genetic irregularities in the hypothalamus, (a small piece of tissue in the brain) which controls body weight and appetite. When not working properly it transmits incorrect messages about hunger and fullness. Studies also show that food addiction may also be inherited and that low-levels of serotonin in the brain (a neurotransmitter which helps...
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...Essay Title: Body Project Course title: Regulating Bodies, Youth, Identity and consumption The body is a topic of much discussion within society at the moment with focus on media and consumer consumption. This has brought to light a range of issues surrounding the body, and literature from decades ago have been looked at and performed in a modern light to produce up to date research on the body. This body project gives me an opportunity to not only understand myself about body sculpting, but allow a better understanding on the literature and provide additional evidence that will either support or reject themes and theories in this chosen topic. My choice to choose the topic of dieting for this body project was an easy one to make. From the age of about fifteen I have been conscious of my weight despite being told ‘you aren’t fat,’ and ‘you don’t need to diet.’ These comments were not enough to deter me not to take up different dieting techniques and phases of exercising however more times than not I would fail at reaching my targets. I therefore saw this opportunity as a way to try again as the pressure of keeping a diary and writing up on it may encourage me to maintain it for longer than my previous attempts. I find the topic of dieting very interesting not just in terms of myself but also in terms of society as a whole. After researching this topic of interest and not realising it myself but dieting has a significant association with the increased risk of not only...
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...FACTS Contacts: Mark K. Pogharian Vice President, Investor Relations Tele: (717) 534-7556 Fax: (717) 534-6550 E-mail: mpogharian@hersheys.com Matthew F. Miller Investor Relations Manager Tele: (717) 534-7554 Fax: (717) 534-6550 E-mail: mfmiller@hersheys.com Prepared by: The Hershey Company Investor Relations Department 100 Crystal A Drive, P.O. Box 810 Hershey, PA 17033-0810 Internet: www.hersheys.com The Hershey Company Fact Book Table of Contents Page(S) 3 4 5-24 Mission Statement Acquisition/Divestiture Summary Key Corporate Events Financial Data Summary of Statements of Income - GAAP: 2010 & 2009 Summary of Statements of Income - Pro Forma: 2010 & 2009 Six-Year Consolidated Financial Summary Quarterly Performance (2010, 2009 & 2008) 2002 – 2010 GAAP & Non-GAAP Annual EPS Capitalization Financing Arrangements Long Term Financial Objectives Capital Expenditures Depreciation Cash Flow Analysis Share Repurchases Economic-ROIC HSY Stock Statistics Key Management Hershey Executive Team Operations U.S. Confectionery Industry U.S. Market Share U.S. Classes of Trade U.S. Snack Market Hershey Products Hershey Canada Hershey Mexico Hershey International Commodities Cocoa Sugar Hershey Manufacturing and Distribution 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 33 34 35-36 37 38-39 40 41-42 43-44 45 45 46-47 48-50 51 52-53 54-55 56 57 The Hershey Company What it means to stakeholders Consumers Delivering quality consumer-driven confectionery experiences for all occasions ...
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...FACTS Contacts: Mark K. Pogharian Vice President, Investor Relations Tele: (717) 534-7556 Fax: (717) 534-6550 E-mail: mpogharian@hersheys.com Matthew F. Miller Investor Relations Manager Tele: (717) 534-7554 Fax: (717) 534-6550 E-mail: mfmiller@hersheys.com Prepared by: The Hershey Company Investor Relations Department 100 Crystal A Drive, P.O. Box 810 Hershey, PA 17033-0810 Internet: www.hersheys.com The Hershey Company Fact Book Table of Contents Page(s) 3 4 5-24 Mission Statement Acquisition/Divestiture Summary Key Corporate Events Financial Data Summary of Statements of Income - GAAP: 2011 & 2010 Summary of Statements of Income - Pro Forma: 2011 & 2010 Six-Year Consolidated Financial Summary Quarterly Performance (2010, 2009 & 2008) 2002 – 2010 GAAP & Non-GAAP Annual EPS Capitalization Financing Arrangements Long Term Financial Objectives Capital Expenditures Depreciation Cash Flow Analysis Share Repurchases Economic-ROIC HSY Stock Statistics Key Management Hershey Executive Team Operations U.S. Confectionery Industry U.S. Market Share U.S. Classes of Trade U.S. Snack Market Hershey Products Hershey Canada Hershey International Commodities Cocoa Sugar Hershey Manufacturing and Distribution 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 33 34 35-36 37 38-39 40 41-42 43-44 45 45 46-47 48-50 51-52 53-54 55 56 The Hershey Company What it means to stakeholders Consumers Delivering quality consumer-driven confectionery experiences for all occasions Employees ...
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...exercising, quit smoking—and they mean it—but they do no such things. Victims who feel they’ve been treated poorly exact their revenge, though doing so hurts their own interests. Such perverse facts are a direct a≠ront to the standard model of the human actor— Economic Man—that classical and neoclassical economics have used as a foundation for decades, if not centuries. Economic Man makes logical, rational, self-interested decisions that weigh costs against benefits and maximize value and profit to himself. Economic Man is an intelligent, analytic, selfish creature who has perfect self-regulation in pursuit of his future goals and is unswayed by bodily states and feelings. And Economic Man is a marvelously convenient pawn for building academic theories. But Economic Man has one fatal flaw: he does not exist. When we turn to actual human beings, we find, instead of robot-like logic, all manner of irrational, self-sabotaging, and even 50 March - Apr il 2006 Behavioral economics explains why we procrastinate, buy, borrow, and grab chocolate on the spur of the moment. by Craig Lambert Portraits by Stu Rosner altruistic behavior. This is such a routine observation that it has been made for centuries; indeed, Adam Smith “saw psychology as a part of decision-making,” says assistant professor of business administration Nava Ashraf. “He saw a conflict between the passions and the impartial spectator.” Nonetheless, neoclassical economics sidelined such psychological insights. As recently as...
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...A Journey Through Darkness IT IS A SPARKLING DAY IN MID-JUNE, the sun out in full force, the sky a limpid blue. I am lying on my back on the grass, listening to the intermittent chirping of nearby birds; my eyes are closed, the better to savor the warmth on my face. As I soak up the rays I think about summers past, the squawking of seagulls on the beach and walking along the water with my daughter, picking out enticing seashells, arguing over their various merits. My mind floats away into a space where chronology doesn’t count: I am back on the beach of my adolescence, lost in a book, or talking to my old college chum Bethanie as we brave the bay water in front of her parents’ house in Connecticut, where she comes to visit every summer. In the 20 or so minutes of “fresh air” allotted after lunch (one of four such breaks on the daily schedule), I try to forget where I am, imaging myself elsewhere than in this fenced-off concrete garden bordered by the West Side Highway on one side and Riverside Drive on the other, planted with patches of green and a few lonely flowers, my movements watched over by a more or less friendly psychiatric aide. Soggy as my brain is from being wrenched off a slew of antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications in the last 10 days, I reach for a Coleridgian suspension of disbelief, ignoring the roar of traffic and summoning up the sound of breaking waves. I have only to open my eyes for the surreal scene to come back into my immediate line of vision...
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...BeachBody.com’s straight forward guide to eating so you lose fat and improve your health forever – 100% GUARANTEED! Step-By-Step DIET GUIDE 6 STEPS LET’S BEGIN... The actual goal of most fitness and slimming programs is to increase the ratio of lean muscle to stored fat. That means trimming a lot of fat and toning/building muscle. It does not mean “losing weight.” We’ve heard ads that promise 10 pounds of “weight loss” in a weekend. And the only way that is possible is by losing water weight. Maybe you’ll lose a pound or two of fat by starving your body along the way. But the rest is water weight. And of course, as you re-hydrate, your weight will go right back up — but because you starved your body, your metabolism was reset! So the next time you eat food, your body will be ready to store any leftover calories as fat. And soon you’ve got more fat stored than when you started. Not good. to transform your body. 1 CONTROL your portions. Don’t eat until you are full, eat until you’re not hungry. 1 CONTROL your portions. In restaurant terms, generally, eat half what the chef serves you. An adequate portion of a meal is 3 ounces of protein (like chicken, tuna or lean ground beef) which is about the size of your palm. Don’t eat until you are full. Eat until you’re not hungry. Same goes for salad dressing; On a large salad, limit it to just enough for taste. You will be surprised how much less dressing you need to get the same flavor. Control Your Calorie Intake and Portion Size...
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...Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Nutrition plays an important role in the present age of scientific investigation and discovery. Recent studies and discoveries in the field of nutrition have been considered among the greatest scientific achievements because of their far reaching effects on human progress and welfare. Credit is due to those investigators in the field of nutrition who made careful and painstaking studies which have given knowledge on how best to select, combine and prepare food to promote the health and efficiency of the individual The world’s demand for food is becoming greater than ever. The current world population of 8 billion needs new innovations to meet the growing challenges of the poor and hungry world. Over nutrition, obesity, and related diseases characteristic of the developed world, is becoming serious public health problems in countries with widespread food insecurity. Children suffering from under nutrition today could well be afflicted with chronic diseases of development as adults. The economic development that has led to improved food security and better health in some countries needs to be harnessed, while at the same time incentives to avert the adverse health effects of the nutrition transition need to be taken. The potential of novel foods to alleviate under nutrition is becoming more apparent. But they are unlikely to have a role in the prevention of diseases associated with over nutrition in developing countries, which use...
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...The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris)[2][3] is a subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus), a member of the Canidae family of the mammalian order Carnivora. The term "domestic dog" is generally used for both domesticated and feral varieties. The dog was the first domesticated animal[4] and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and pet animal in human history. The word "dog" can also refer to the male of a canine species,[5] as opposed to the word "bitch" which refers to the female of the species. MtDNA evidence shows an evolutionary split between the modern dog's lineage and the modern wolf's lineage around 100,000 years ago but, as of 2013, the oldest fossil specimens genetically linked to the modern dog's lineage date to approximately 33,000–36,000 years ago.[4][6] Dogs' value to early human hunter-gatherers led to them quickly becoming ubiquitous across world cultures. Dogs perform many roles for people, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship, and, more recently, aiding handicapped individuals. This impact on human society has given them the nickname "man's best friend" in the Western world. In some cultures, however, dogs are also a source of meat.[7][8] In 2001, there were estimated to be 400 million dogs in the world.[9] Most breeds of dogs are at most a few hundred years old, having been artificially selected for particular morphologies and behaviors by people for specific functional roles. Through...
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...Running Head: Change Project A COURSE PAPER SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN NURSING IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING BY Desiree McGee, RN, B.S.N HOUSTON, TEXAS June 23, 2013 Primary Target Behavior My primary target behavior is to increase my cardiovascular fitness with eating healthier and continue my exercise regimen. I chose this particular behavior to change due to my increased weight gain. I currently weigh 106 lbs at the start of this class. I was up to 110 lbs which may not sound overweight to many but at 5’0 tall and it going straight to my thighs and stomach I felt I needed to do better. Plus I had to squeeze into my clothes and others just would not fit, I went from a double zero in size to a size 1. When you are use to weighing a certain weight and your body looking a certain way it is hard to see it change. With exercise and eating healthier I know I can get my body back in shape and toned. Treatment Plan Goal: To improve my cardiovascular fitness by eating healthier and maintain an exercise regimen. Objective 1: Continue workout regimen of 3-4 days a week for 1-2 hours a day. Objective 2: To maintain a diet of increased fruits and vegetables and decrease consumption of unhealthy foods 5-10 Action Steps – Objective 1: 1. On off days continue going to the gym for 8 am group classes 2. Switch exercises to provide variety and continue motivation. Such as working...
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