Chocolate Bars

Many people will go for a dark chocolate bar in preference to milk chocolate, although a good number of people will also prefer the latter, perhaps, because of its sweeter taste. It is true that personal taste is always taken as a first choice for most consumers but one thing is clear, a lot of people prefer dark chocolate for health reasons. However, a good number of consumers will always want to be swayed by just the taste and will choose their chocolate bars accordingly.

Why do people give preference to dark chocolate? Research has revealed that it contains flavoniods and epicatechin both of which are said to have beneficial properties.

Studies carried out at San Francisco School of Nursing at the California State University suggest that these ingredients also had properties that would benefit cardiac care. This was instigated by the American Cocoa Research Institute. Dark chocolate was served to twenty-one consumers, broken into two groups. One group consumed chocolate bars with flavonoids amounting to 1.4 ounces daily and the other did not. After a fortnight, each group was tested for the dilation of blood vessels and it was found out that people who ate flavonoids experienced superior blood circulation.

From these tests it became evident that flavonoids help reduce the risk blot clots which is one of the major causes of heart attacks. This is another reason why consumers will prefer dark chocolate. However, a simple consumption of chocolate bars without some required physical exercises will not perform miracles. You must also consume dark chocolate modestly. Remember that they are equally full of sugar and fats that may have negative effects when eaten unreasonably.