Studies also show that people
who eat dark chocolate 5 or more times per week are less than half as likely to die from heart disease, compared to people who don't eat dark chocolate (16, 17).
Firstly, a study that compared the effects between eating white and dark chocolate found that participants
who ate the dark chocolate experienced lower blood sugar levels.
Not exact matches
I made these at Christmas for a family member
who can not
eat dark chocolate.
They are the
dark chocolate people, the ones
who eat the actual gingerbread of the gingerbread houses (rather than people like me and most kids
who would rather pick off the candy and royal icing), and those
who lean towards fruit and nut types of concoctions rather than a sticky - sweet nougat or caramel.
I mention this little farmers market factoid because the person
who said this was
eating a cup of gelato (half pistachio and half
dark chocolate).
A study of Italians
who consume a diet rich in resveratrol — the compound found in red wine,
dark chocolate and berries — finds they live no longer than and are just as likely to develop cardiovascular disease or cancer as those
who eat or drink smaller amounts of the antioxidant.
Compared to people
who'd
eaten the milk
chocolate bar, those
who'd snacked on the
dark chocolate showed «small enhancements in visual acuity and large - letter contrast» on the vision test, the researchers reported.
A landmark Dutch study published in the journal Regulatory Peptides found that women
who ate or even smelled
dark chocolate had decreased appetites.
In a study published in journal Regulatory Peptides, women
who ate or even smelled
dark chocolate experienced decreased appetites.
Milk
chocolate, disappointingly, doesn't have the same effect according to an earlier study by the University of Copenhagen, which found that people
who ate 100 grams of milk
chocolate ate more pizza 2.5 hours afterwards than those in the
dark chocolate group.
Researchers in Germany followed more than 19,000 people for a minimum of 10 years and found that those
who ate the highest amount of flavanol - rich
dark chocolate had lower blood pressure and a 39 percent lower risk of having a heart attack or stroke compared to those
who ate almost no
chocolate.11
Improved insulin sensitivity and lower blood pressure: A small study of healthy adults found that those
who ate half an ounce of
dark chocolate a day for 15 days had better insulin sensitivity and lower blood pressure than those
who didn't.
In one 2012 study out of San Diego State University, people
who ate about an ounce and a half of
dark chocolate (with 70 percent cocoa) daily for two weeks had lower levels of bad cholesterol and higher good cholesterol than those
who nibbled on white
chocolate, which contains zero cocoa.
In those with type 2 diabetes, markers of inflammation and blood sugar instability, including fasting blood sugar, hemoglobin A1c, and hsCRP, all improved in the group that
ate dark chocolate compared with those
who ate white
chocolate.
The results showed that
eating dark chocolate daily reduced stress hormone levels in those
who had high anxiety levels.
In a small study it showed that those
who had problems with blood circulation in the legs could walk longer after
eating dark chocolate.
A study by the Nestlé Research Center in Switzerland showed that
eating 1.4 ounces of
dark chocolate every day for two weeks helped reduce stress hormones in people
who were highly stressed.
Another study found that those
who eat a small amount of
dark chocolate, about 6.7 grams a day, had lower levels of a protein in their blood that is associated with inflammation.
People
who consume a high flavanol cocoa powder drink daily or
eat dark chocolates have much more radiant skin as compared to those
who don't.
Whether participants
ate milk
chocolate or
ate dark chocolate with a glass of milk on the side, they didn't experience the same health benefits as those
who ate plain, dairy - free
dark chocolate!
Even those of us
who track our food obsessively so that we may
eat as cleanly as possible often find ourselves reaching for a square of
dark chocolate when we need a sweet treat.
Chocolate, particularly unsweetened, dark, bittersweet and baking chocolate, can be toxic to pets, especially dogs, who are more prone t
Chocolate, particularly unsweetened,
dark, bittersweet and baking
chocolate, can be toxic to pets, especially dogs, who are more prone t
chocolate, can be toxic to pets, especially dogs,
who are more prone to
eat it.
Unsweetened,
dark, bittersweet and baking
chocolate can be toxic to pets, especially dogs,
who are more prone to
eat it.
BIO: Carrie Brummer is an artist, educator and entrepreneur all wrapped into someone
who loves traveling,
eats way too much
dark chocolate and just recently moved to Canada from Muscat, Oman.