Cocoa is the key to keeping our favorite chocolates healthy. Because real cocoa is rich in flavonoid substances that help nourish our blood vessels to be strong. According to research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). Flavonoids affect our cardiovascular health. It will help balance the blood flow in the blood vessels. Stimulates the creation of new blood cells and has properties to slow down the degeneration of cells as well. So if your favorite chocolate bar has a high cocoa content. That means It’s a chocolate that is good for health especially “dark chocolate”.

         Meanwhile Chocolates with very little real cocoa content. Such as white chocolate and milk chocolate. That is the chocolate that we should avoid. Because it is chocolate that contains less flavonoids. But there is a high content of sugar. Fat and synthetic food coloring.

How to choose healthy chocolate.

         For those who are chocolate lovers. We’d like to introduce a simple rule of thumb for healthy eating chocolate: focus on the cocoa content. If it’s dark chocolate, even better. Most dark chocolate is made from real cocoa. Has a bitter taste and has very little sugar and fat content.

         It should be eaten in moderation, that is, about 198 grams per week. Or about 28 grams per day. Another thing to be careful of is the amount of cocoa. In the chocolate we choose, it should contain at least 70 percent cocoa. The color of the chocolate should be darker. The darker the darker the chocolate, the healthier it is. The chocolate part is brown. Most of them are milk chocolate.

Chocolate and health exceptions.

         Chocolate has some limitations for people with certain health conditions. Who suffer from kidney disease and migraines. If ingested it may cause more harm than good. Migraines because chocolate contains a chemical called tyramine that will further lower blood flow. Migraines may be more severe. Kidney disease Chocolate is a food high in oxalic acid. If ingested by people with kidney disease, calcium oxalate crystals can build up in the kidney cones.