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What

Chocolate is a food processed, typically sweetened food produced from the

seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree

Type of Chocolate

• White chocolate

• Milk chocolate

• Dark chocolate : semi-dark, semi-sweet, bittersweet

• Unsweetened chocolate

Disadvantages

1. Expense

- Chocolate is a expensive food product.

- Eating chocolate every day will undoubtedly increase your shopping bill

2. High calories

Just 100g contains:

- Milk chocolate 520 kcals

- Dark chocolate 510 kcals

- White chocolate 529 kcals

And it can make weight gain for our body.

3. Glucosa swing

Sweetened chocolate contains lots of sugar, producing glucose swings which, are increasingly linked with the development of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

4. Tooth decay

The fermentable sugar present in chocolate has the potential to trigger tooth decay

Advantages

1. Antioxidant protection

- It contains large quantities of antioxidants

- Scientists have found that just 40g of chocolate contains more than 300mg of polyphenols (one of type of antioxidants)

- if you like chocolate dark, you will obtain twice as many polyphenols

2. Make healthy skin

- It is good for your skin

- The flavonoids found in dark chocolate offer some protection from UV damage

3. Stopping insulin resistance

It has been shown to help stimulate insulin, thus stopping the insulin resistance that can lead to diabetes

4. The feel-good factor

- Eating chocolate makes you feel good

- Chocolate also contains tryptophan - a chemical converted to serotonin in the brain to lift mood and increase euphoria

5. Contains small amounts of caffeine

- The amount of caffeine contained in chocolate is around 10 times less than that in the average serving of coffee, tea or cola drinks.

- In fact, low intakes of caffeine can be beneficial, like can prevent from high blood pressure, etc

Tips

Here are some chocolate do’s and don’ts:• Choose dark chocolate that is 70 percent cocoa.• Don’t bother with milk chocolate or white

chocolate for health benefits - they won’t give you the flavanols you need.

• Don’t depend on cocoa for flavanols - most products are too processed to provide any.

• Buy small-sized bars, not family-sized slabs.