Chocolate Tip 1 - Balance the Calories:
As chocolate is still a high-calorie, high-fat food. Most of the studies done used no more than 100 grams, or about 3.5 ounces, of dark chocolate a day to get the benefits.
One bar of dark chocolate has around 400 calories. If you eat half a bar of chocolate a day, you must balance those 200 calories by eating less of something else. Cut out other sweets or snacks and replace them with chocolate to keep your total calories the same.
Chocolate Tip 2 - Taste the Chocolate:
Chocolate is a complex food with over 300 compounds and chemicals in each bite. To really enjoy and appreciate chocolate, take the time to taste it. Professional chocolate tasters have developed a system for tasting chocolate that include assessing the appearance, smell, feel and taste of each piece.
Chocolate Tip 3 - Go for Dark Chocolate:
Dark chocolate has far more antioxidants than milk or white chocolate. These other two chocolates cannot make any health claims. Dark chocolate has 65 percent or higher cocoa content.
Chocolate Tip 4 - Skip the Nougat:
You should look for pure dark chocolate or dark chocolate with nuts, orange peel or other flavorings. Avoid anything with caramel, nougat or other fillings. These fillings are just adding sugar and fat which erase many of the benefits you get from eating the chocolate.
Chocolate Tip 5 - Avoid Milk:
It may taste good but some research shows that washing your chocolate down with a glass of milk could prevent the antioxidants being absorbed or used by your body.
Video below is the summary of the benefit of eating chocolates
One bar of dark chocolate has around 400 calories. If you eat half a bar of chocolate a day, you must balance those 200 calories by eating less of something else. Cut out other sweets or snacks and replace them with chocolate to keep your total calories the same.
Chocolate Tip 2 - Taste the Chocolate:
Chocolate is a complex food with over 300 compounds and chemicals in each bite. To really enjoy and appreciate chocolate, take the time to taste it. Professional chocolate tasters have developed a system for tasting chocolate that include assessing the appearance, smell, feel and taste of each piece.
Chocolate Tip 3 - Go for Dark Chocolate:
Dark chocolate has far more antioxidants than milk or white chocolate. These other two chocolates cannot make any health claims. Dark chocolate has 65 percent or higher cocoa content.
Chocolate Tip 4 - Skip the Nougat:
You should look for pure dark chocolate or dark chocolate with nuts, orange peel or other flavorings. Avoid anything with caramel, nougat or other fillings. These fillings are just adding sugar and fat which erase many of the benefits you get from eating the chocolate.
Chocolate Tip 5 - Avoid Milk:
It may taste good but some research shows that washing your chocolate down with a glass of milk could prevent the antioxidants being absorbed or used by your body.
Video below is the summary of the benefit of eating chocolates
:by me
References:
1. Chacha, S. (2011). 10 Benefits of Eating Chocolate. Retrieved May 1, 2011, from ezinearticles: http://ezinearticles.com/?10-Benefits-of-Eating-Chocolate&id=3511181
2. Mark Stibich, P. (2009, April 26). Health Benefits of Chocolate. Retrieved May 1, 2011, from about.com: http://longevity.about.com/od/lifelongnutrition/p/chocolate.htm
3.The images in the video are provided by Google Images.
3.The images in the video are provided by Google Images.
i just cannot stop myself from eating chocolate!!!>.< how can i eat chocolate and not getting fat at the same timeT.T
ReplyDeletehahaha~~ i think u should control urself~~~chocolates are very nice but over consume will also bad for our health~~~so control urself
ReplyDeleteA very healthy breakfast consists in mixing cacao powder with cooked oats in water and milk, preferably the Irish still cut ones. Serve in a bowl with nuts and honey. This was my Sunday treat as a child living in Lima Peru.
ReplyDelete