2023-06-22 17:12:00
To continue to enjoy chocolate without guilt, find out which product to consume while preserving your health or your line!
A real sweetness for the taste buds, chocolate is THE delicacy on which to throw yourself for a treat. So much so that it can even make us addicted! But not all are created equal… Find out which product is the healthiest to consume.
A very addictive food!
Dark, milk, white, with fruit or filled with raspberry or mint… Chocolate is the star of our gourmet breaks. Whether it sits in your cupboards or in the fridge, you can’t live without it.
This is also how we recognize a real chocolate addict. And the comparison with illicit substances is not so trivial. Because yes, it can make you addicted!
Certainly, it will not make you see pink elephants or lead you into psychedelic delirium! But it still contains addictive substances.
In fact, chocolate (regardless of its nature) contains substances which promote the production of dopamine. This hormone plays an essential role in the reward system of the brain.
Eating chocolate promotes feelings of well-being, happiness and calm. We therefore understand why this one is a precious remedy to calm our nerves in case of disappointment or frustration.
“Chocolate addiction is physiological. Just as there are receptors in cannabis, there are other molecules that promote the production of dopamine. It is a neurotransmitter which is a doping hormone”explains Dr. Franck Senninger, nutritionist.
Questioned by the editorial staff of Allo Docteurs, he continues: « Dopamine is the addiction hormone. Multiple substances in chocolate promote the reward system. Suddenly, we can become addicted if we have a sensitivity to this dopamine “.
What chocolate to eat to stay healthy?
There you go, now you know why you can never stop when you start to start a tablet! But if chocolate promotes our well-being, it is not the ideal friend of our line!
Yes, we don’t teach you, it’s caloric! Made from cocoa paste, most of them also contain sugar. More or less depending on their nature.
The all-round champion is white chocolate, which is only “chocolate” in name. This one is only made with cocoa butter. As well as sugar (in significant quantities) and milk.
Certainly, we love its taste. But it is to be forgotten if you want to preserve your health. Same for the milk one. It also tickles our taste buds. But beware of its delayed effect on your line!
Because according to its composition, it contains between 25% and 40% cocoa and cocoa butter. The rest is supplemented with sugar and milk. Suffice to say that it is not the first choice for health!
Finally, what about dark chocolate? For once, it is more tolerated by nutritionists. Provided it meets a few criteria…
As Mira Ilic, dietitian at the Cleveland Clinic, points out, it’s best to look for chocolate with the highest cocoa content. That is to say between 70 to 85%. Even 90 or 95% for the more adventurous.
“Plain dark chocolate is the most beneficial”, reminds the doctor. “Avoid the ones with toppings. Unless it is nuts or dried or fresh fruit”. You now know which chocolate to slip into your shopping cart during your next shopping!
Chocolate – nutritionist GV
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