date:Jun 21, 2013
igned to eat either white chocolate (zero percent cocoa) or dark chocolate (70 percent cocoa). The researchers found that those who ate 50 g of dark chocolate per day for 15 days had significantly higher levels of HDL cholesterol and lower levels of LDL cholesterol. Notably, they also had significantly lower levels of blood sugar!
The news gets even better. According to a 2012 study led by Penn State researchers and published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, chocolate doesn't just