Is there a healthy way to have chocolate?
heatherdl2013
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I have been having serious chocolate cravings this week. Luckily I have stayed strong in resisting the urge to go out and by anything chocolate.
I was wondering if there was any "healthy" way to have a little bit of chocolate now and then?
I was wondering if there was any "healthy" way to have a little bit of chocolate now and then?
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Sure! I had a craving this morning that I knew was going to kick in hard by the evening, so I pre-allocated 25g worth of dark chocolate right away. The rest of the day's food then had to fit into what was left, and it all worked out just fine.0
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The healthiest way to have chocolate is dark, often and orally.
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Don't know if you mean recipes or just in general, but what I do if I have a MASSIVE craving I just add it on MFP then work around it. Working for me so far0
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Dark chocolate IS healthy.
I don't understand the question?
The healthiest way I know to eat chocolate is to not eat too much of it.
A little bit of chocolate is not in any way "unhealthy"
Eating an entire bag of Reese's or snickers? Yeah, that might be a little unhealthy, but simply eating chocolate is not inherently unhealthy.0 -
I haveLindt dark chocolate every single day. My cardiologist recommended dark chocolate.0
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Chocolate does seem to have some health benefits, but in moderation and if you...
Eat chocolate of least 60 - 70% cocoa (not milk chocolate)
Avoid chocolate that uses "partially hydrogenated" oils - these contain trans fats
Most commercial chocolate has added fat, sugar and calories
So choose wisely0 -
I enjoy a nice mug skim/soy/almond milk (whatever it is I happen to feel like) hot chocolate before bed some nights
But I also combine hot chocolate mix in oatmeal for breakfast. Or have a couple squares of dark chocolate/chocolate biscuits for morning tea.
Or sometimes all three in one day :blushing:
But chocolate itself isn't bad. We just gotta figure out how not to go overboard with it0 -
Dark Chocolate, +85% cocoa if possible!0
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Daily. The darker the better.0
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I eat dark chocolate all the time. I cannot remember the specific brand, but one of the packages it in 100 calorie squares which are fantastic for curbing my cravings.0
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I like making a chocolate sauce with cocoa powder & stevia & a bit of boiling water, and dipping fruit into it.0
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Some of the good quality protein bars do a pretty good approximation of "fake" chocolate, with a good hit of protein and barely any sugar or carbs. The BSC Cookies and Cream and Cheery Bite flavours are really good, for example. I also like the Musashi berry flavoured mass gain bar.
Good for your protein macros, and satisfies that chocolate craving at the same time, without dosing your body up with hollow sugar calories.0 -
I have ALWAYS been preferential to dark chocolate (especially with orange/raspberry/cherry infusion)...which makes my almost nightly "treats" even more of a treat. No guilt whatsoever.0
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The healthiest way to have chocolate is dark, often and orally.
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Dark chocolate covered almonds. I buy mine from the bulk bins at Whole Foods. They average about 10 calories each.0
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I've started eating 2 squares of Lindt dark chocolate once a day. Love it.0
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If I have a craving for chocolate, I eat some. I don't even worry about what kind of chocolate it is. I just fit it into my calories.0
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Chocolate does seem to have some health benefits, but in moderation and if you...
Eat chocolate of least 60 - 70% cocoa (not milk chocolate)
Avoid chocolate that uses "partially hydrogenated" oils - these contain trans fats
Most commercial chocolate has added fat, sugar and calories
So choose wisely
This works for me.0 -
I have been having serious chocolate cravings this week. Luckily I have stayed strong in resisting the urge to go out and by anything chocolate.
I was wondering if there was any "healthy" way to have a little bit of chocolate now and then?
Actually, there is.
Raw cacao or unsweetened cocoa powder has some excellent health benefits.
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cocoa-good-chocolate-bad/
I recommend that you sprinkle on some mixed berries sweetened with dates.
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A good way to stop those cravings is to have a tiny nibble of your favourite choc, then put the rest in the microwave in a non microwavable container for 2 minutes on hi. The smell of your choc and the melted plastic will put u off for the next few months at least :drinker:
It works, i fluked it, just i used ice magic haha0 -
Smothered all over my body. Wait, what? I have a hard time eating just a little bit of chocolate. So when I need some, I buy a bar and eat it all.0
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Snicker's Marathon bar0
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eat moderately perhaps one bar per week0
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In moderation. I'm gonna have some ChocoLove XOXO Dark Chocolate and Candied Ginger on Thursday, when I'm near the shop that's got it.0
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Its because your body crave magnesium...Look for fruits or other food high in magnesium.0
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I like to mix a couple tablespoons of semi sweet morsels in with fancy mixed nuts as a sweet and salty treat.0
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Dark chocolate IS healthy.
I don't understand the question?
The healthiest way I know to eat chocolate is to not eat too much of it.
A little bit of chocolate is not in any way "unhealthy"
Eating an entire bag of Reese's or snickers? Yeah, that might be a little unhealthy, but simply eating chocolate is not inherently unhealthy.
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Just buy a small bar, rather than a bag of individually wrapped. That's what I used to have a problem with. For a while I would get a bag that had 40 individually wrapped resees cups, and I'd end up eating half of it in one day. Now I get the two pack, or a single pack which is on for just .50 cents or something like that at the gas station. Also they have dove dark chocolate bars, with 8 little half inch squares, which are really amazing. Just tuck it away somewhere you can't get to it very easily. Like in the back of the fridge or something. If I decide to keep a piece of chocolate in a drawer in my computer desk I end up eating it in one sitting, or just too much.0
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Its because your body crave magnesium...Look for fruits or other food high in magnesium.
Interesting! Thanks for that. I only crave chocolate for one or two days just before TOM and I always wondered why and this might be the reason. Luckily I only ever want a piece or too of the good dark stuff so not a big issue but just odd how it happens without fail every month.0 -
Snicker's Marathon bar
Also known as DeadVim's Lunch Today.
A carby fatty wedge of pure pleasure.
Because I'm Worth It.0
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