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What

Chocolate is a food processed, typically

sweetened food produced from the
seed of the tropical Theobroma
cacao tree
 Type of Chocolate
• White chocolate
• Milk chocolate
• Dark chocolate : semi-dark, semi-sweet,
bittersweet
• Unsweetened chocolate
 Disadvantages
1. Expense
- Chocolate is a expensive food product.
- Eating chocolate every day will
undoubtedly increase your shopping bill
2. High calories
Just 100g contains:
- Milk chocolate 520 kcals
- Dark chocolate 510 kcals
- White chocolate 529 kcals
And it can make weight gain for our body.
 4. Tooth decay
The fermentable sugar
present in chocolate has
3. Glucosa swing
the potential to trigger
Sweetened chocolate tooth decay
contains lots of sugar,
producing glucose swings
which, are increasingly
linked with the
development of obesity
and type 2 diabetes.
 Advantages
1. Antioxidant protection
- It contains large quantities of antioxidants
- Scientists have found that just 40g of
chocolate contains more than 300mg of
polyphenols (one of type of antioxidants)
- if you like chocolate dark, you will obtain
twice as many polyphenols
2. Make healthy skin
- It is good for your skin
- The flavonoids found in dark chocolate
offer some protection from UV damage

3. Stopping insulin resistance

It has been shown to help stimulate
insulin, thus stopping the insulin resistance
that can lead to diabetes
4. The feel-good factor
- Eating chocolate makes you feel good
- Chocolate also contains tryptophan - a
chemical converted to serotonin in the
brain to lift mood and increase euphoria
5. Contains small amounts of caffeine
- The amount of caffeine contained in
chocolate is around 10 times less than that
in the average serving of coffee, tea or
cola drinks.
- In fact, low intakes of caffeine can be
beneficial, like can prevent from high blood
pressure, etc
 Tips
Here are some chocolate do’s and don’ts:
• Choose dark chocolate that is 70 percent cocoa.
• Don’t bother with milk chocolate or white
chocolate for health benefits - they won’t give
you the flavanols you need.
• Don’t depend on cocoa for flavanols - most
products are too processed to provide any.
• Buy small-sized bars, not family-sized slabs.