Valentines Day is just around the corner, and this love-filled holiday is synonymous with chocolate and love. It doesn’t matter if you are single or in a relationship, eating chocolate on valentines day is kind of a must. Research confirms that eating chocolate can actually be good for you.
Yes you read that correctly, we love being the bearer of great news. Chocolate is one of the most beloved foods and now it can help control your weight.
Yes, it can be hard to believe, especially since we have always heard how “sinful” it is, but all eating chocolate can help improve your health and here is how.
Studies show that the regular consumption of small amounts of high-cocoa chocolate was associated with weight-loss in adolescents and adults. Scientifically, all these results are correlative not causative.
These studies confirmed that Chocolate is an active driver of weight loss, or at the very least actively contributing to weight control.
Chocolate for Weight Loss
You can add more dark chocolate to your diet without putting on those extra pounds, the good news is it is easier than you expect. New Researcher from the University of Copenhagen discovered that dark chocolate is a lot more filling, and more milk chocolate. Dark chocolate can lessen the cravings for sweet, salty, and even fatty foods. This Valentine’s day, if indulging in a little bit of healthy dark chocolate can be best for optimal health, we say Jackpot!
Chocolate for Reduced Stress
More research from UC San Diego confirmed that chocolate is a go to for times of trial. When times get tough, people tend to dip into the chocolate stash more often than they might otherwise.
No need to pull our your fat pants: but know that when times do get tough, turning to chocolate is a normal thing to do. People tend to dip into the secret chocolate stash. In reality, this kind of emotional eating might not be such a bad thing after all. We all know what kind of havoc stress and cortisol can wreak on your body. Swiss scientists found that when extremely anxious people ate an ounce and a half of dark chocolate every single day for two weeks, their stress hormone levels were much more lower plus their metabolic effects of stress were partially mitigated. This means after a breakup, bust out a dark chocolate bar over a pint of ice cream. Your future self will thank you.
Still not convinced these fun chocolate facts may change your mind:
• The Swiss consume more chocolate than anyone else on the planet. They eat over 26 pounds per person a year. Even with all that chocolate loving goodness their obesity rate is less than 8%.
• In a 9-year Swedish study of more than 31,000 women, those who ate one or two servings of dark chocolate each week cut their risk for heart failure by as much as a third.
• Dark chocolate is prescribed by some doctors to help ease depression and anxiety.
This is because the smell of chocolate can increase theta brain waves, which will trigger relaxation.
• It can contain 16% of all the fiber you need in a day.
• One serving is as much protein as you get in an entire cup of broccoli.
• There are healthy fats found in its cocoa butter, which stimulate satiety hormones.
• Ordering chocolate at restaurants for dessert can help you prevent overeating later in the day, says the restaurant owner of the B.J. Willy’s a restaurant in West Linn.
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