Every year, I eagerly anticipate Thanksgiving, when a brief break from teaching gives me a chance to tackle my paper-piles. All this week, I’ve repeated my usual mid-November mantra of “It’s almost Thanksgiving,” and on Tuesday, I went to Trader Joe’s to stock up on chocolate bars. Today, a shipment of assorted black and herbal teas J ordered for his office arrived, and I set aside a dozen of my favorite varieties–both caffeinated and herbal–to fuel next week’s marathon grading sessions.
Hoarded Ordinaries 
Nov 19, 2015 at 2:43 am
Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Filled with Speculoos Cookie Spread, one bar
17 grams fat, 21 grams sugar, 2 grams protein
so what these things are is sugar buffered with fat to slow the sugar pulse, about 50% sugar in this case, 60% with the lindt white chocolate
if you are after a slow acting stimulant then nestle baking cocoa in milk is good, but don’t drink too late in the day !
my grandfather had diabetes and even as a child the need to avoid “sugar pulses” and sugar in the diet was apparent
sugar has two problems, it feeds bad gut bugs and metabolically, if it sits in the blood too long it causes glycation damage !
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