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Marissa Reaume

Will Some Chocolate Each Day Keep The Doctor Away?

Posted March 8, 2010 @ 10:36PM

Lately, I have been reading in many health magazines that chocolate is good for your health because it contains a high amount of antioxidants and other health promoting ingredients. Its benefits range from lowering blood pressure and cholesterol to improving one’s mood.
Unfortunately, not all chocolate is beneficial and only dark chocolate containing at least 70% cocoa is said to be worthy of the benefits listed above.
Therefore, when I decided to try eating dark chocolate once a day in an effort to improve my health I went above and beyond and bought a chocolate bar containing 86% cocoa. Since any type of chocolate—even dark—still contains calories and fat, most articles that I have read suggest that people only eat a small amount per day. I decided to start off eating one square of chocolate every morning.
I have always liked dark chocolate but have never tried it with a cocoa content as high as 86%. My first impression: dark chocolate containing this much cocoa is the exact opposite of the milk chocolate coating on Caramilk bars or below an M&M’s candy shell. It is in no way creamy and does not melt in your mouth. In fact it is fairly bitter and almost waxy in texture.
Regardless, I will keep eating this chocolate bar, square by square, until I finish it...and then start on the new chocolate bar that I just bought containing 99% cocoa!
The way I see it, if eating a square of dark chocolate once per day will potentially prevent me from taking blood pressure medications (or other medications) in the future, it’s worth a try.
What do you think?

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