Is Chocolate Really That Good For You?
Being Cu-Cu for Coco Puffs May Not Actually be That Healthy...
Last year researchers linked chocolate to a reduction of a risk for heart disease due to the ingestion of compounds called flavanols that increase the dilation of blood vessels and ultimately promote increased blood flow. The problem with this report wasn't that their information was incorrect, but rather that the American public didn't realize that much of the chocolate available to us is highly processed and full of milk an sugar; not the pure cocoa that researchers were referring to in their report. This increase of weight due to candy chocolate consumption was backed up by a study conducted throughout a period of three years in which women who consumed a moderate amount of chocolate candy gained weight.
So if we can't receive the health benefits of chocolate from what's available to us, how can we possibly get those wonderful benefits without packing on the pounds? A study currently being sponsored by MARS Inc and Pfizer Inc is testing just that by giving half of the participants in the study a placebo and the other half a capsule of cocoa extract that is equivalent to what would be found in 1000 calories of candy bars. Hopefully the results they find will finally give us those benefits of a healthy heart without having to worry about gaining weight!
So if we can't receive the health benefits of chocolate from what's available to us, how can we possibly get those wonderful benefits without packing on the pounds? A study currently being sponsored by MARS Inc and Pfizer Inc is testing just that by giving half of the participants in the study a placebo and the other half a capsule of cocoa extract that is equivalent to what would be found in 1000 calories of candy bars. Hopefully the results they find will finally give us those benefits of a healthy heart without having to worry about gaining weight!
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