Tree worship, perhaps a distortion of the tradition of the tree of life and the tree of knowledge (Genesis 3), may be traced in Egypt, Arabia, Syria, Assyria, Persia, India, Thibet, Siam, China, Japan, Ceylon, the Philippine isles. The Druids venerated oak groves (Pliny, H. N., xvi. 44; Tacitus, Annals xiv. 30).
It does contain more calories than regular milk, mostly because of the chocolate content. A good compromise is to make your own chocolate milk by mixing in chocolate syrup or cocoa to skim milk. This way, you'll get maximum health benefits while still enjoying the flavor of chocolate milk.
The protein in chocolate milk, especially high-protein chocolate milk, is beneficial when you're trying to lose weight -- but added sugar in chocolate milk is not. Some brands of chocolate milk contain up to 190 calories and 27 grams of sugar in just one cup because of added sugar. However, Fairlife ultra-filtered chocolate milk contains just 140 calories per cup and only 12 grams of sugar -- which is the same amount of sugar present in low-fat white milk -- so is better option for weight loss.