Great news from the chocolate! Chocolate is good for you. Under certain circumstances.
Katherine Tallmadge, spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, says in the 9th February 2005, Washington Post, that "contain chocolate or cocoa beans, 'flavanols,' naturally occurring plant compounds also found in tea, red wine and apples. These structures were studied as heart disease inhibitors. "
Carl L. Keen, chairman of the Department of Nutritionat the University of California, Davis, says the same article that "the flavanols in cocoa help to maintain a healthy vascular system. They reduce blood clotting - an aspirin like effect - reduce oxidative damage and improve blood circulation."
Unfortunately the flavanols in chocolate are bitter and are mostly removed from processed chocolate. The level decreases with each step, from the bean to the cocoa powder, and finally to a finished product. But the major manufacturerslike Nestle and Mars Inc. (makers of M & Ms) are working on chocolate items that - what else? - Good for you. We can expect to soon chocolate and candies that advertise their high level of flavanols. In the meantime, the only product that states its flavanol level is Mars' Dove Dark Chocolate, which has 150 mg. at 1.3 ounces, a high level. It also has 200 calories. We live in an imperfect world.
While we wait for more high-flavanol Products, Ms. Tallmadge recommends unsweetened cocoa powder, but not the alkalized "Dutch" processed kind, which had reduced its flavanols has. Next in desirability is semisweet or bittersweet chocolate with high cocoa content. Some chocolates contain as much as 70 percent cocoa, but they can have as little as 35 percent. The percentage of cocoa in milk chocolate may even lower, and she does not recommend. She says: "I recommend cocoa or one ounces per day> Dark chocolate, which can about 110 to 150 calories, depending on the chocolate. Even more than that and you're likely to take in too many calories for weight control. "
Did you have any idea what you just read? A highly qualified, professional nutritional recommends that you eat chocolate! Maybe not large amounts of chocolate, but chocolate. If you have suffered much in the area of chocolate, you canEnlarge this statement and post it on your bathroom mirror, where they can cheer on rainy morning.
Now comes the chocolate frosting on the cake. Deanna K. reports: "The diabetic educator told me of Carbolite, a 1.1 ounces low carb chocolate made with Splenda, with 0 Sugar Sugar, 15-18g carbohydrates, depending on your taste. When Google Enter in" Carbolite'for more information. "
Deanna continues, "The other chocolate bar that I thinkacceptable is Amber Lyn Chocolates (fine imported Belgian chocolate), sugar free and carb conscious. A little higher in calories than Carbolite, the 1.2 ounces Bar 15-16g carbs. For nutritional information please visit http://www.amberlynchocolates.com. "The dark chocolate has 157 calories.
Flavanols are not listed, but these dark chocolates are a good bet for a healthy piece of chocolate it is your duty to eat regularly. And soon, no doubt,Manufacturers will begin to formulate their candies to be high in flavanols - and say so.
ไม่มีความคิดเห็น:
แสดงความคิดเห็น