A Happy You is a Healthy You- Yes You Can Eat Chocolate!

Waking up next to the heavenly dishes made up of chocolates is everything we all adore. But due to the stock-up of extra calories, we usually steer away from such sweet indulgences. But not anymore! We have reasons why you can add chocolates in your diet and that too without hampering your fitness and health (obviously with a more cautious attitude).

How good are chocolates?

Rich in various nutrients: When it comes to chocolates, it is fairly enough to go in the lane of dark chocolates. A 100-gram bar of dark chocolate contains:

• 11 grams of fibre
• 67% of the recommended daily intake for iron
• 58% of the recommended daily intake for magnesium
• 89% of the recommended daily intake for copper
• 98% of the recommended daily intake for manganese
• Rich in other plentiful of nutrients like potassium, phosphorus, zinc and selenium

Rich in great various types of antioxidants like polyphenols, flavanols and catechins

Helps in improving blood flow and lower blood pressure levels

Raises HDL and Protects LDL From Oxidation

Reduce Heart Disease Risk

Improve Brain Function

Know the safe zone

Though healthy, an excess can create problems in the body. It is advisable to eat 4 blocks of chocolate in a week to make yourself happy and healthy. Prefer to eat a bar of chocolate rather than having it in some type of shakes or hot chocolates as they have added sugars in them which is not good for the health.

Toxicity alert

If overeating of chocolates can be done it can convert into negative health problems and various side effects like obesity, high cholesterol levels and many others in the body.