People love eating chocolates. The taste of chocolate attracts people in every age group. Everybody loves eating chocolates in different forms. However, a question always comes in mind of people, "Whether eating chocolate is good for health?" The answer to this question is not so easy. The effects of chocolate on health vary according to the type of chocolate being eaten. Some types may be good for a person, whereas at the same point of time, another variant may have adverse effects on health.
Positive Health Benefits of Eating Chocolate
Chocolate in its original form is beneficial for health, but it tastes bitter. However, during preparation (commercial manufacturing) process, chocolate is treated with different things to provide a different taste. Chocolate lowers the cholesterol level in human body, thus providing several benefits to circulatory system. Dark chocolate benefits our circulatory system by reducing blood pressure, facilitating dilation, and decreasing risk of infraction. Dark chocolate is rich in antioxidants, so it helps us in getting rid of free radicals in our body.
Apart from other benefits, chocolate is also known as anticancer, brain stimulator, and cough preventer element.
Negative Effects of Eating Too Much Chocolate
Chocolate is an energy rich food. Therefore eating a large quantity of chocolate can result in obesity that further causes several problems. Some variants of Chocolates that are high in saturated fat can increase cholesterol level leading to heart problems. Apart from that sugar rich variants of chocolates may also result diabetes.
For people suffering from some diseases chocolate works as instant source of energy and helps them in quick healing of disease. Our body needs various Vitamins and minerals. Dark chocolate contains essential vitamins like vitamin A, B1, D & E along with essential minerals (like iron, potassium and magnesium) required for proper growth and functioning of human body.
In summary, good or bad effects of eating chocolate depends upon the individual variants of chocolate. Eating organic dark chocolate is good for health. That means, you can have dark chocolates and drinks based on raw chocolate without any worry. However, it’s always better to avoid chocolates rich in sugar or extra fat.
