The research used chocolate milk and Gatorade. They both have high carbohydrate content, and it's that carbohydrate that helps restore that glycogen back into the muscles.

For kids and teens, especially, chocolate milk would be an ideal recovery beverage because research shows that one out of 10 girls and three out of 10 boys are not getting the calcium they need.

If you need more bone-building calcium, magnesium, phosphorous and B vitamins, then you would want to choose chocolate milk over Gatorade because Gatorade just doesn't contain those vitamins and minerals.

If kept dry, a chocolate with a high cacao content, I've discovered, rarely spoils.

If you look at the research on high schools and the most effective learning opportunities, you'll see a movement toward smaller learning environments . . . that make the kids feel more connected to school.

Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate.