Why is dark chocolate good for you?

Question

I've heard the whole antioxidant thing, but what exactly is that, and what does it do for you?

Answer 1

Anti-oxidants are chemicals found in fruits, vegetables and some nuts that combat the bad chemicals that mutate DNA in cells and make them cancerous. Dark Chocolate is good for you because the large anti-oxidant count from the higher quantities of cocoa beans in the food.

Answer 2

Antioxidants help remove free radicals from your body.(For more info. on antioxidants, go to www.greentea.com under tea & your health @ the top then antioxidants!) Like milk chocolate (but not white chocolate), dark chocolate also has a little bit of iron in it too!! So, antioxidants and iron are both in dark chocolate. Chocolate is also proven to send certain chemicals to your brain to make you feel happy! (Good for you and tasting too! What can you loose?)

Answer 3

It's very good for/to my mouth!
The antioxidants are more concentrated. Antioxidants prevent oxidation in cells, which causes disease and sickness.


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Answer 4

Dark chocolate has higher percentage of cocoa then milk chocolatr and is also high in antioxidants

Answer 5

I ought to accept as true with you, darkish chocolate is so well and I simply cant get sufficient of it. I ought to have a minimum of three servings of chocolate an afternoon or I will die, no longer fairly however it definite feels that means. I love milk chocolate as good, hell I love all chocolate, however I might decide on darkish over milk. Dark chocolate additionally has far more vitamins and minerals and is well for you.

Answer 6

A lawn mower takes in fuel and air, burns it and produces toxic fumes. The cells in your body do very much the same thing. They take in fuel (in this case sugars) combine it with oxygen (air) and produce wast (toxins). These toxins are called "Free Radicals" they move around in the cell and can cause allot of damage. Antioxidants usually vitamins, attack and break down "Free Radicals" and make them less harmful to the body. Then the cell can more easily get ride of, or recycle them.

Answer 7

Antioxidants help with your immune system, which is what helps your body fight illness. antioxidants are like vitamines A,B12, D, and C. got it? its all essential, so its good to have chocolate once in a while!

Answer 8

Look up antioxidents.

http://www.healthyeatingclub.com/info/articles/vitamins/antioxidants.htm

The use of oxygen in the body's normal processes creates chemicals known as free radicals. These have unpaired electrons and so they try to steal them from other molecules. These attacks damage the body's cells - a process called oxidation. In much the same way that air turns a cut apple brown or rusts a nail or makes butter go rancid, so oxidation damages the cell membranes, genetic material in cells (DNA), fatty acids and other body structures.

Free radicals can:

Affect the rate at which we age
Start cancers by damaging the DNA in cells
Increase heart disease by making LDL cholesterol more likely to stick to artery walls
Produce cataracts and encourage degeneration of the lens of the eye that ultimately leads to blindness.
Contribute to inflammation of the joints, as in arthritis
Damage brain cells, promoting neurological conditions such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease

http://www.webmd.com/content/article/73/81921.htm

Antioxidants in Dark Chocolate


Dark chocolate -- but not milk chocolate or dark chocolate eaten with milk -- is a potent antioxidant, report Mauro Serafini, PhD, of Italy's National Institute for Food and NutritionNutrition Research in Rome, and colleagues. Their report appears in the Aug. 28 issue of Nature. Antioxidants gobble up free radicals, destructive molecules that are implicated in heart disease and other ailments.


"Our findings indicate that milk may interfere with the absorption of antioxidants from chocolate ... and may therefore negate the potential health benefits that can be derived from eating moderate amounts of dark chocolate."


Translation: Say "Dark, please," when ordering at the chocolate counter. Don't even think of washing it down with milk. And if health is your excuse for eating chocolate, remember the word "moderate" as you nibble.

Answer 9

Antioxidants pump up your immune system, the darker the color of your food, the more you get. They help fight off cancer cells!!!
Dark greens, deep red beets, blueberries, Hey...anything of color is good!!!!

Answer 10

My take on Dark Chocolate versus the others is they are LOWER in Calories & Fat Content. If you want to have your choco fix but don't wanna add on pounds then Dark is your way to go.