Benefits of dark chocolate
Benefits of dark chocolate
Benefits of dark chocolate
A single square of dark chocolate contains twice as many polyphenols than a glass of red wine and almost as much as a glass of steeped green tea.
How to eat it?
- Which chocolate do you choose? Not all chocolate has the same amount of cacao, thus not all chocolate has the same amount of flavonoids. Cacao powder has the highest flavonoid content, followed by dark chocolate.
- Adding milk products to chocolate inhibits flavonoid absorption.
- White chocolate does not contain flavonids because it is made from cacao butter.
- To fully benefit from polyphenols, the daily recommended serving of dark chocolate (at least 70% cacao) is 20 grams.
Sources and references
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