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Sunday, December 14, 2008
Is Chocolate Healthy?
Chocolate. Is it healthy for you to eat?
Some say that answer would be no while others would say yes.
The actual answer to the question "is chocolate healthy?" definitely depends on what you mean by the word chocolate.
If I were going to purpose that store bought milk chocolate is healthy, then you would have reason to be concerned with my opinions.
But then there is dark chocolate. Here is a post I found on WebMD from their October 23, 2008 release.
"It's the best medical news in ages. Studies in two prestigious scientific journals say dark chocolate -- but not white chocolate or milk chocolate -- is good for you."
Simply put, dark chocolate without milk in any form is a wonderful antioxidant.
Webster tells us that an antioxidant is…
"A substance (such as cocoa) that inhibits oxidation or reactions promoted by oxygen, peroxides, or free radicals."
Wouldn't it be wonderful if this could be found within chocolate? Yet it would.
Good news.
This is exactly what dark chocolate provides.
Even better, some known benefits of the cocoa bean include…
* Slowing down hair loss
* Decrease bad coughs
* Help with water retention
* Fight against rheumatism
* Moisten lips
* Aid in healing burns and wounds
And that is just the start of the benefits available from the cocoa bean when it is in the form of dark chocolate with all milk products removed.
Therefore, next time you find yourself wondering "is chocolate healthy"? Rest asurd in knowing that it absolutely does benefit your health as long as it is in the dark chocolate instead of milk chocolate forms. Like many other things in our culture today, it's not the item that leads to poor health but rather what you do with it. So you really can enjoy chocolate while living a healthier more balanced life.
