TY - BOOK AU - Wilson,Philip K. AU - Hurst,W.Jeffrey TI - Chocolate as medicine: a quest over the centuries SN - 9781849734110 (pbk.) U1 - 633.74 WIL PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge, UK PB - RSC Pub. KW - Chocolate KW - Cacao KW - Diet Therapy KW - Nutritive Value KW - Plant Preparations KW - Chocolade KW - Gezondheidseffecten N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-206) and index; Chocolate as medicine : an introduction -- Chocolate as medicine : seeking evidence throughout history -- Chocolate and healing in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture -- Cacao transported to Europe as medicine -- Expanding chocolate's use as medicine -- Chocolate and nutritional health : industrial era through WWII -- Modern chocolate science and human heath -- Epilogue: prognosticating chocolate's future as medicine -- Appendixes ER -