Health Benefits of Sweets + Fats

Chocolate is a favorite sweet treat that also has health benefits. It contains flavonoids, which act as antioxidants. Antioxidants protect the body from aging caused by free radicals, which can cause damage that leads to heart disease.

While chocolate contains ingredients beneficial to health, it does not mean you should overeat chocolate. Chocolate bars and candies are often high in fat, sugar and calories. Moderation is always the key and dark chocolate conveys more benefits than milk chocolate!

Sweets and fats can contribute to optimum health due to the health promoting phytochemicals they may contain – many of which are still being identified.

There is an interesting fact about chocolate.

Fact :- It releases the same hormone in our body which we experience during the feeling of getting loved.

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References:

1. U.S. Department of Agriculture. ChooseMyPlate.gov Website. Washington DC. What are 'oils?' http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/oils.html. Accessed March 9, 2015.

2. Kim J, Kim J, Shim J, Lee CY, Lee KW, Lee HJ. Cocoa phytochemicals: recent advances in molecular mechanisms on health. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2014;54(11):1458-72.

3. Benzie IF, Choi SW. Antioxidants in food; content, measurement, significance, action, cautions, caveats, and research needs. Adv Food Nutr Res. 2014;71:1-53.

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