Have Your Chocolate and Eat It Too

The “can have” list and the “can not have” list is something that every dieter is intimately familiar with. We tend to focus so much more on what restrictions we have to place on our diet rather than focusing on the things that you can actually eat. On this list of can not haves tends to be things like our sugary sweet snacks! However there are recommendations now that can help you move at least one favorite, chocolate, back onto the “can have” list.

Dark chocolate is considered the “better” of the chocolates if you must indulge. This is the recommended sweet for chocoholics everywhere based on numerous studies done on this topic! So what makes dark chocolate any better than Milk/White chocolate? The answer is antioxidants! Dark chocolate in moderation, key word moderation, has been shown to assist in lowering your blood pressure.

These antioxidants found in dark chocolate alone can help remove destructive molecules that are can cause heart disease and other ailments. Milk and White chocolate do not have these same capabilities. Also, studies have found that eating the dark chocolate with milk, decreases the benefits that you can normally receive. So that being said you can have your chocolate, and eat it too!

This does not mean however that you get a prescription to indulge in a massive dark chocolate bar everyday! If you currently look at our diets there are things that we eat now that we could live without. There are plenty of times when we sneak in a few sweets to satisfy that afternoon craving. If these instances do happen, then making the choice to indulge in a dark chocolate Hershey’s kiss or dark chocolate truffle (minus the milk on the side) could be a reasonable choice over what we may normally choose.