Consuming Chocolate with Healthy Ways

Posted: Jun 24, 2010 |

Chocolate is probably the most delicious food everybody cannot ignore. No matter how strict you arrange your diet, sometimes you just cannot avoid taking a bar of chocolate by the time you open your fridge.

Actually, for those on diets, eating chocolate is not a sin if they know how to consume it correctly, in suggested ways. This food itself is so healthy, as it can help you lower LDL cholesterol and blood pressure. It also acts as an anti-depressant and gives a pleasure of feeling.

Chocolate is also a popular gift, so do not be surprised finding your friends visit you and bring a box of delicious chocolate. Of course, you do not want to hurt them by telling that you will not eat it, right? You can do some tricky ways to limit your intake, so you can still taste its delicious taste without ruining your diet.


The fats in chocolate are divided into three: oleic acid, stearic acid, and palmitic acid. The oleic acid is also found in olive oil, and stearic acid has a neutral effect on cholesterol. They both are good fat. The bad one is palmitic acid, which raises cholesterol and heart disease risk.

What you should do when consuming chocolate is by balancing the calories. A bar of chocolate usually contains 400 calories. If you like consuming sweets or snacks, you better eat only half of the bar, just in case you eat the snacks too much.

You often feel that a bar of chocolate is not enough to fulfill your desire. This is one factor that makes you fat, as you will take as many as possible. To prevent it, take a time to really enjoy the time. Consuming it while you are doing other activities affects you to add the amount as you cannot feel the real taste.

Good news for those liking dark chocolate. For your information, the dark ones contain more antioxidants than the milk or white ones. The dark has higher cocoa content, or about 65 percent.

Remember to always buy ones with no caramel, nougat, nuts, or other fillings. The fillings only add the amount of sugar and fat, so they decrease the real benefits of chocolate. Why do not you choose the healthier ones if they give the same delicious taste?

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