Is Chocolate Good for Your Health?

Is Chocolate Good for Your Health?

Yes, Chocolate can be good for your health. To understand this better, let us look at the health benefits of this tasty treat.

Improves Heart Health

As an MD, I found out consuming Chocolate, especially the darker varieties, significantly reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.

Suppresses Appetite

Chocolate is loaded with fiber, making it a natural appetite controller.

Types Of Chocolate with These Beneficial Effects

Dark Chocolate

Dark Chocolate is high in fiber, antioxidants, and magnesium that offer health benefits ranging from weight loss to preventing chronic diseases, including cancer, diabetes, and arthritis.

Milk Chocolate

Milk chocolate is also touted as an elixir of health. This special type of Chocolate is loaded with calcium, vitamin, and proteins, nutrients that speed up replenishment and healing. White Chocolate is the least healthy type of Chocolate. This type of chocolate is high in calories, sugar, and fat content and low in fiber and other essential nutrients, making it a bad option, especially for people trying to lose weight.

At What Point Does Chocolate Go from A Good, Beneficial Treat To ‘Too Much’?

Consuming more than 6 grams of Chocolate per day is considered ‘too much. The consequences for this include weight gain, GI issues, and kidney problems. Whether you decide to work with dark or milk chocolate, I strongly advice that you take the tasty treat in moderation.

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I believe that nutrition science is a wonderful helper both for the preventive improvement of health and adjunctive therapy in treatment. My goal is to help people improve their health and well-being without torturing themselves with unnecessary dietary restrictions. I am a supporter of a healthy lifestyle – I play sports, cycle, and swim in the lake all year round. With my work, I have been featured in Vice, Country Living, Harrods magazine, Daily Telegraph, Grazia, Women's Health, and other media outlets.

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