Healthy Tips for Chocolate Lovers

Who doesn’t love chocolate? But, even though chocolate is not really considered a healthy snack, there are still some things we can do to “improve” our chocolate habit. Here are two tips for “healthier” chocolate consumption:

* Switch to dark chocolate. Chocolate contains antioxidants that may improve cardiovascular health. Dark chocolate (including semisweet and bittersweet chocolate) contains a higher percentage of chocolate liquor and, thus, more of the beneficial compounds than milk chocolate. Despite its name, white chocolate doesn’t actually contain any chocolate liquor (or any of its health benefits).

* Less is more. Don’t overdo it when eating chocolate. An ounce is all it takes to reap the benefits — more will pile on the pounds. One good way to limit intake is to melt a small amount of dark chocolate and use it as a fruit dip.

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  1. Cosmetic Dentist Arlington on November 26th, 2009 2:34 am

    You provided some great tips and awesome infos! Thanks for posting this article. It’s well written and helpful. You made some good points there. Dark chocolate, not white chocolate definitely lowers high blood pressure. it has been proven that there are anti-oxidants on dark chocolate.

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