Go Dark!
Who doesn’t love chocolate? Me, I so love, love chocolate! I prefer dark over milk, white and other chocolate varieties. The darker and bitter a chocolate is, the more I love munching it.
A regular intake of dark chocolate is healthy and it has been proven in many studies. When eating chocolate remember that its main ingredient, cocoa, is made from plants, therefore it contains health properties found in many vegetables. Opposed to other varieties, dark chocolate has flavonoid, an antioxidant chemical that protects the body from harmful elements that cause early aging and heart diseases. In addition, flavonoids also balance certain hormones in the body.
Generally, dark chocolate is good for the heart. The right amount of intake (a small bar or around 1.6 ounces) everyday can keep the heart and cardio system functioning properly. Heart health benefits include lowering blood pressure and lowering cholesterol level in the body. A small bar of dark chocolate everyday has been proven to lower the blood pressure in people with hypertension. It can also reduce bad cholesterol (LDL or low density lipoprotein) in the body by almost 10 percent. Sweet news, right?
Apart from taking care of the heart, dark chocolate has other advantages. One, it gives one a feeling of happiness because it stimulates the production of endorphin. Two, it lifts ones spirits since it has serotonin, a neurotransmitter that act as anti-depressant. Lastly, chocolate tastes good, who can resist it?
Despite these health benefits chocolate must be taken in moderation. Remember that it still is a high-calorie and high-fat (contains one monosaturated and two saturated) food. As mentioned earlier in this post, only a small bar of dark chocolate is recommended for daily consumption. But if you really, really can’t help it, then you have to cut in your other food intake.
So, happy choco munching, people! Don’t take too many, okay? Go for the dark ones.
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A little side story why I came down to writing a post on dark chocolate:
I’ve had a not so nice week and I’m pissed off with someone at work (still am until now). I know I just have to have a bite of chocolate to calm my nerves. So I went to the grocery store during the weekend and found this new confection from a local producer of chocolate products. I decided to give it a try. I was not in a bit disappointed. Although it didn’t taste as bitter as I would prefer it to be, still it tasted good: smooth, mint, bittersweet, dark!
Try it. Doesn’t even cost much. 
nabasa ko rin nga na good for the heart ang pagkain occasionally ng chocolate. Lalo mas ok ang black than white. Tapos mas masarap pa for me kasi hindi matamis.
Totoo ka jan avi, sarap nga yan bago goya pati yun isang klase nila yunmay almonds.
Pero sana may naabutan ako noh. diba. Kahon na lang eh. Sayang naman.
Salve: good talaga ang dark chocolate.
syempre, wala ka nang naabutan. chocolate nga e. kelan ba nangyari na inabutan ng sikat ng araw ang chocolate sa `tin? 
Thank you for givimg me a piece of that Goya, mare:) The combination of mint and bitter chocolate is just oh so yummy!:) Meron ka pa diyan? Penge pa:)
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Salve: ubos na po.
Very informative post, kya lang about mint chocolate i don’t know why, hate chocolates with mint..iww hehe sorry.
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Salve: hi, vhincent! thank you for gracing crumb trails. okay lang yan if you don’t like mint-flavored chocolate. there are other varieties pa naman.
Di ako masyadong kumakain ng chocolate, kasi anything sweet that I put in my mouth, I tend to brush my teeth right after eh. OC? lol.
Anyway, thank you for sharing those chocolate info.
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Salve: ay, baket? sarap pa naman ng chocolate!
Avi, you have the talent in finding the right stuff! hehe
I’m not really into chocolates with mint but your latest find suits well for my taste buds! Next time isang box na ibigay mo sa akin ha. nyahaha
Bili na lang tayo sa breaktime. :p
Salve: pahinging pambili, leng-leng. i’ll buy you a box!
Alam ko na ang pasalubong ko sa yo Salve, a brick size industrial-pure black chocolate. Let me see if my old friend in Haagen-Daz is still around kasi yung mga nasa resto-biz lang may access sa mga tinatawag na pure!
Masarap kasi pang-topping sa ice cream!
Salve: sure VF! basta tsokolate, go! kahit bagong giling na cacao pa yan. papagawa kong tableya ke lola!
pengeng goya!! although mas paborito ko ang white choco at mas type ko sa chocos yung may nuts
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Salve: meron pang isang bago ang Goya, yung Black & White chocolates in one box. Haven’t tried it, pero malamang I’ll eat all the black ones, tapos titikman ko lang konti yung white, ipapamigay ko na.
aha
you’re a dark lover
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Salve: yup, raft3r. dark CHOCOLATE lover!
sorry but i can’t relate, i hate chocolate and i would rather eat veggies… kuning!
yeah, i agree ng todong-todo na if we want something na makaka-please sa tin choose the right one. ako, i eat chocolate pag malapit ng mag-el ñino ang creative juices ko.
kaso avi mas gusto ko kumain ng ice cream pag stress ako…pero go dark talaga kung chocolate ang usapan.
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Salve: pwede na rin ang chocolate ice cream.
choco hazelnut brownie, anyone?
sis i really like the crumbs theme now!
about the dark chox… well kaya nga po yan na din ang request sa kin ng family ko.. send them dark chox nalang daw.. ewan ko ba dahil chox lang ang request nila. now dark chox na daw hehehe… ung bestfriend ko she’s really fond of eating dark chox. siya lang ang binibigyan ko before ng dark chox, ngayon aun nadagdagan na…pati ng nga family ko.
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Salve: Hi, sis! Glad to see you here.
Masarap talaga ang dark chocolate!
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