Dark Chocolate is not a Superfood
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Dark chocolate has gained a health food reputation, but is the hype too good to be true? Is it possible that a daily dose of something so delicious can improve cognitive function and heart disease risk? Let’s take a look at the science - both the studies and how they were funded - and let’s take on the question of how most dark chocolate products are processed and what that means in terms of health.
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Chocolate is not a superfood, but it is a super yummy food.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I eat old gold dark chcolate
I can tell you that 100% chocolate has helped my blood pressure for the better.
I eat 100% chocolate everyday in the morning with yoghurt and blueberries. Tastes sooo good
I had a horrible thought about being in the study and getting the placebo chocolate.
Placebo chocolate sounds like a good description for most hershey/mars/nestle products.
Wake up. It was just a nightmare. Your chocolate is REAL.
I just ate Trader Joe’s 85% Uganda Dark Chocolate Bar. Here are the nutrition facts: Serving Size 3 pieces. Calories 190. Total Fat 15g. Saturated Fat 9g. Total Carbs 10g. Dietary Fiber 4g. Total Sugars 4g. Protein 3g. Vit. D. 0.6 mcg. Iron 3.4 mg. Calcium 20 mg. Potassium?210 mg.
This dark chocolate bar has far less sugar than the 1/4 of blueberries that I add to my smoothies. It looks pretty healthy to me, thank you very much.
This is very clear click bait and bad research. The Superfood aspect is cacao. Raw(ish) chocolate with zero sugar.
Sugar is not a Superfood. If you add sugar to a "Superfood", it's not a Superfood.
Cacao is one of the most antioxidant foods and IS good for cardiovascular health.
Sugar and candy is not and if you believed it enough to make this video, you're not really trying .
Its 2021.. cacao is not some "new" food anymore.
Cacao is not "seriously bitter". It takes like coffee without sugar and milk and tastes good. Stop trying to scare people away from one of the most healthy food sources on tbe planet.
Chocolate is a superfood. There is high quality research. This is not high quality research. This is deceptive.
Agree 100%. Thanks for sharing!
The title of this video, as well as the Healthline and WebMD articles he cited, specifically mentions "dark chocolate" and not cacao.
I agree. Cacao and cocoa are different. I normally get my dark chocolate with 85-90% cacao.
That is why you use a healthy sweetener.
That's sort of the point that was being made. A Hershey's bar is not a superfood just because it contains cacao.
I eat chocolate because its tasty. That's it. And in moderation
@@sardonisms lol
My impression is that if you are going to eat candy either way, plain dark chocolate (not chocolate coated candy bars) can be a good choice because it’s bitterness and complexity makes you likely to eat less of it. But don’t expect miracle superfood properties.
Even dark chocolate is mostly a processed food product and full of empty calories. There are better sources of flavanoids.
Chocolate should be consumed the way the Aztecs did, dark black and bitter.
what better sources of flavanoids? @@Magnulus76
It still has redeeming qualities of you eat a few pieces. It’s good for you in the fact that if you’re going to have a dessert or treat, a few pieces of quality dark chocolate is much better than many other things. It even has some micronutrients.
plus it gives you some good hard ons haha.
And iron.
Cacao has so many incredible qualities. Magnesium, iron, polyphenols. Bitter foods like chocolate and tea possess very high levels of antioxidants.
No dark chocolate connoisseur would be eating any of what was pictured in this video. Not sure I saw any actual dark chocolate pictured. The type of dark chocolate I eat is at least 80%. It has barely any sugar and sometimes up to 40 % iron! Also I eat cocoa nibs which have no sugar in them whatsoever and they are raw so all the flavanols should still be intact.
Yeah this was a really bad video was laughing the whole time yeah man we know Hershey’s dark chocolate is trash that’s not what we are talking about here lmao
I agree. In terms of quality the Magic chocolate from Dr. Bronner's is the best I've ever had. That's a bold claim since I'm familiar with Tazo, Navitas, Alter Eco, Hu and many other reputable brands. Try it out if you haven't already. Even at 70% it is bold.
What brand can I purchase at a local supermarket that has all the good beneficial substances in the chocolate?
He put bad pictures of Dark chocolate that I agree with but his argument about the processing of cacao itself (dutching) still remains : depending how the cacao was processed to reduce the biterness, I guess you could have a lot less flavonols and there is no way to know (besides calling the chocolat brand itself guess but gl with that)
@user-kl9zu7qw9g 70% has like 9 grams of sugar, you’re being dramatic as shit. 100% chocolate is extremely bitter. You’re steering people in the wrong direction
my 6th grade science fair report is quaking 💔🍫
This video was basically 7 minutes of eye rolling and sarcasm, and maybe one minute of actually discussing the issue in a meaningful way. We get it. Some people think silly things and it makes you mad. Gold star.
Awful just awful video
While you were busy dozing off during the video, he cited numerous studies and backed all of his claims with evidence. Nowhere in his video did he use any sarcasm or avoid "discussing the issue in a meaningful way" - he discussed the issue at hand in a very meaningful way throughout, and the fact that you somehow missed that shows how biased you are. That, along with your poor comprehension skills, apparently.
@@SkillUpMobileGaming studies aren’t always true
I understand the clickbait. That’s how you make money. But why only focus on heavily processed and sugar-loaded chocolate? There may be some who are confused about the claims that chocolate in some broad form is healthy and it’s great to educate people on a more detailed basis. Yes, a lot of manufactured chocolate is bad, but no all dark chocolate is heavily processed and/or loaded with sugar. Why not point people in the direction of healthier forms of chocolate or alternative foods?
@@SkillUpMobileGamingall he did was dismiss the bevy of studies funded by companies without bringing up any actual evidence of deception. The whole video was just a long-winded way of saying "we don't have quality data yet, and there's reasons for doubt." The first 4 minutes of the video was just saying "it funded by company therefore bad" which is just bad logic.
Is anyone actually surprised that chocolate is not a superfood? Considering there are no superfoods.
not allot of people know that
OK but it's a super food if I put it in a smoothie right??!
@@jakeb6703 It's only a superfood if it has a cape and can leap over buildings.
Anything marketed as "superfood" probably isn't.
Eggs and liver are quite fitting into the definition of "superfood", though.
@@TehKorwinMikke
Lmao 1 egg has 69% your daily recommended intake of cholesterol. High amounts of fat and they're definitely not healthy.
Funny joke though. Comical honestly
Why did you pick such unhealthy dark chocolates? I eat 90% dark chocolate with very little added sugar. It might not be as good as eating an avocado, but I use it as a substitute for unhealthy snacks. Also, I really enjoy the taste of dark chocolate. VERY few people have perfect self-control and an important part of constructing a healthy diet is finding healthier alternatives that you actually can stick to. If eating 80%+ dark chocolate makes you cut back on milk chocolate, cookies, candy etc. then it really is a "super food" that will do wonders for your health. As an added bonus the cocoa content *might* be good for you.
100% agreed
Professional chocolatier here and I never use chocolate from those 3 companies.
May I ask what qualities you look for in a company that you use chocolate from? Or if you're comfortable with it, what companies are your favorites to use chocolate from?
You immediately relate chocolate to sugar and use that as a reason why chocolate itself isn’t good for you. Not all chocolate has added sugar.
What about the 95% cacao with like 2g of sugar? I eat that to take my cravings away.
I’d say probably check the brand and look out for ones that process with alkali. I believe Lint normally uses coco processed with alkali, look for brands that are generally in the organic section of the store, I find they tend to be transparent with their processes.
@@dadirt1465 Oh great tip thanks! I have been getting the Lindt, if I'm not at organic market.
@@dadirt1465 is cacao process with alkali good?
@@tazboy1934 He says in the video that alkali processing degrades the flavanols in cocoa, which are the chemicals that are supposed to be good for you.
Then just simply eat it because it's yummy and not as a "superfood" :D it's still heavy on fat (around 54%) so choose your dose taking that in consideration
Not all dark chocolates are loaded with sugar, i think the author is confusing candy with chocolate. There are brands of pure dark cholates with nothing but dark chocolate and a little sugar (around 4-9 grams per serving) that is not going to harm your health if you eat in moderation.
Try amul 99 dark chocolate 🗿
I’m diabetic and started eating dark chocolate with no sugar as a snack. I got the Lily’s Extra Dark sweetened with Stevia. I was surprised by how good it tastes. It’s definitely not a Snickers Bar, but it’s not bad. I read some of the studies you mention, and they spoke to the fact that processing reduced the flavonoids, and suggested sticking with a product that was 70 percent Cocoa or less for the highest flavonoids. I see no reason to stop eating dark chocolate. It is high in calories (350 for one bar) but that doesn’t worry me as much as sugar, and if I get some benefit, then that’s icing on the cake.
Do you mean 70% or more?
try the no sugar added Pascha 100% Cacao Dark Chocolate with Cocoa Nibs
This seems more like a hit pice on dark chocolate rather than a rational examination. First off a 1 Oz serving of 90% cocoa dark chocolate has just 3 grams of sugar. A one ounce pice is almost as big a your palm. Then he tries to say all positive studies done on dark chocolate were funded by chocolate manufacturers, but quickly throws in that other studies done that weren't funded by them also found positive results, but for some reason don't count for anything because chocolates bad no mater what to this guy. Then he flat out says the flavanals/antioxidants found in dark chocolate are healthy even though he said the studies that showed they were didn't count for some biased reason! His only counter to this is that some chocolate makers process their chocolate with alkali which destroys about half the antioxidants. This is why I buy dark chocolate that states that it wasn't processed with alkali. So if you buy dark chocolate this has a high cocoa content, isn't processed with alkali, and eat in moderation the science supports that this is a healthy and tasty choice!
Come on, you could have done a much better video. All dark chocolate is not equal. I eat 100 percent organic cacao with nothing added.
Who gives a shit. Chocolate is tasty. In fact, according to JK Rowling, it's literally happiness in food form. Just dont eat in excess, which is literally true for EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEverything.
I eat dark chocolate that is 200 calories per serving and contains zero sugar, and it has nothing to do with the crap you're spouting.
What kind of sadistic malevolence is this?!? You must truly hate humanity and all that's good in the world.
Jk. Thanks for the nuanced insight. ❤
i agree and am unsubbing immediately, hehe
/silly sarcasm off
Worked for a chocolate company over 20 years. That percentage they use includes both the solids (the part with the flavonols) and the cocoa butter (the fats from the bean). There are no rules about how much of each, so one 90% could have half fats and half solids and the next 30/70. To be legally 'white chocolate' something must have a certain percentage of cocoa butter, no solids in there so it's just the fats with sugars etc. Baking chocolate also called chocolate liquor is 100% solids, if there's any benefit that's where it would be, but super bitter.
I think this should be a bit more clear. There is a difference between "chocolate" and Cacao.One being usually with sugar and going through heat treatment. Cacao has the highest ORAC score of most foods, and is poven to increase NO production ! full of nutrients , and shown to be a mood booster
Is 100% dark chocolate a superfood? Yes end of story.
I don't think you understand the fact that dark chocolate contains a large amount of cacao. This has massive anti inflammatory properties and improves cardiovascular health. It's quite a healthy food to implement into your diet. Dark chocolate with atleast 85% cacao
cacao does help... i have tried it on myself ,,, i dont need some expert to dictate
Didn't you just watch this video??? (Or is nestlé sponsoring you?
I have one with 85% cocoa and cane sugar(less processed than normal sugar, also tastes more natural). Also it’s a local homemade brand, so trustworthy.
Why do America dark chocolate has so much sugar into it? I'm used to a bar of dark 80% having around 10 grams most. And you eat just 1 square of it after a meal.
TLDR: Because that's how we roll (not defending it, just stating a fact).
Some of the very dark chocolates have more reasonable sugar content, but unfortunately people here like high sugar/fat in their products. Moderation isn't really a thing products are designed around, and telling Americans not to do stuff is a great way to encourage them to do it anyway.
Social/personal responsibility are in short supply here, so companies will do it because they can get better sales, and Americans will buy it because they don't care about the costs/consequences.
People hear about the health benefits but quickly realize that the healthy option isn't as tasty as you might imagine.
People here have gotten so used to all the added flavorings that it just tastes normal, and everything else tastes bad.
Couple that with changing information and misleading marketing such as using "corn syrup" instead of "sugar" that use health trends to prey on people's ignorance, and you've got a have your cake and eat it too situation.
TL;DR- People often conflate "healthier" with "healthy.
Everything here has too much sugar including things like ketchup and peanut butter that you wouldnt necessarily guess have sugar.
I eat a square of Ghiardeli 100% cacao bitter BAKING chocolate. No sugar.
I love it.
Also, I drink a mug of Hershey 100% cacao BAKING powder with only hot water.
No dutch or alkali.
No sugar, no milk.
I love it.
I volunteer as tribute for the choco eating teamnin future studies.
I eat 100% cacao chocolate every once in a while and it tastes amazing, and it makes me feel good and reduces stress.
Just because it was funded, doesn't mean they were bad. It talks more about the reader's bias than the bias of the researchers.
There is one golden rule .
Balance ...if you know the balance ,you would definately see Choclate ,coffee and tea all have medicinal value .
But,a big but but the same benifit could be dangerous as in overconsuming coffee could lead to rise of cortosil could lead to stress could lead to heart attack .
Same coffee which has amazing health benifits could be bad .
So what is the idea coffee,choclate ,tea all have huge medicinal value but know you're body types ,what it needs analyze it and then consume it .
The key is balance and analysis of body and mind and what you need .
To conclude...So if you want to indulge in chocolate opt for raw organic cacao powder, whole cacao beans or nibs. Like all food and drink, keep it as close to how nature made it.
When they say "dark chocolate is healthy" they mean 100% baking chocolate. When they say "dark chocolate is a superfood" they mean unprocessed cacao nibs (or powder).
Cacao is *unprocessed.*
Cocoa is *processed.*
The easiest way to reduce tannins in *anything* is to use salt. Salt it until you can't taste the bitter anymore. Much easier than adding sugar to the same effect.
And of course, as you said, moderation even in this case is still key. There's other ways to get antioxidants that can be added to your occasional cacao treat to help round it out so to speak,
Even cacoa is “processed”. You’re not eating the raw bean. Cacoa is treated but not heated to as high a temperature to “roast” into cocoa.
So the Heidi 85% cacao chocolate is lightly procceced and there's at least a decent chance of getting some sort of long term benefits? (like these flavanoid benefits, i eat 2-4 squares one in a while so that's that) It clearly says cacao and not cocoa.
@@loganwolv3393 , go with the 100% it’s not too bad
@@ccmkoho I've seen some with 99% but not 100% close enough anyway but they're a little too much... i can that weird liquid fat taste in my mouth for like an hour lol.
@@loganwolv3393 , I also take a couple of tablespoons of cacao powder daily in a smoothie or coffee
This video misses the point and does not adequately go into the details of cacao percentage and the amount of polyphenols. I daily consume 1/5 of 90% of dark chocolate with minimal added sugar, with a date, and a Brazil nut. This may not be really healthy but is better than a ‘standard’ chocolate barn with nuts.
An episode on orthopeadic health, especially in context of footwear would be helpful.
Great suggestions.
Dark chocolate can be very low in sugar if you get a good quality high % one
I like the 85% ones and consider the sugar content to be low enough.....
What my chocolate mousse pie isnt a health food???? It only has 3 cups of sugar!? Dislike!
100% dark chocolate is NOT candy. Chocolate is only candy if you add sugar to it. Claiming chocolate is candy is like saying nuts are candy.
This is crazy. People say dark chocolate but in reality it is CACAO which is the foundation of what makes dark chocolate that is extremely healthy and can be considered a super food. Humans look to go the lazy route and want to buy a candy bar which is crap. Buy the powder or the cacao nibs and make your own dark hot chocolate drink 2 times a day and reap the benefits.
I always feel weird when healthcare triage has ads ... I mean I know they have to pay the bills but it feels idk uncomfortably authoritative when it comes from a doctor, even if he isn't actually my doctor.
But they have to pay the bills.
i had a similar impulse BUT: look at their viewership numbers; this incredibly valuable niche channel would die without Patreon and advertising. i totally get the discomfort of seeing Aaron pimp out his credibility when this channel is all about deflating B.S., but as long as he’s not hocking medicinal snake oil, i think it’s worth what we’re getting in return…
Well he is a doctor in the US medical system. You kinda have to play the game in the system
Don’t believe this guy, he’s sponsored by Big Kale
I eat the dark chocolate -for- the bitterness of natural cacao. No milk, no sugar added. So yeah.
Hershey's is not dark chocolate; it is dark milk chocolate. Your study needs to be revised.
"The amount of sugar, fat, and calories would quickly outweigh them (the benefits)." Most unfortunate, if it applies to all D.C. I eat it in the 86%-90 range, which was not really addressed here. No sane person thinks that the Halloween candy makers have ever produced anything healthy, whatever they market it as.
Love the channel, but can you please use metric for measurements? Only like 3 countries in the world use imperial
I agree with this title, but also I'm Mexican & if I go too long without chocolate, i will melt into a puddle.
But I like it. Let’s keep chocolate superfood
"Overconsuming calories"
Sir I'm looking for ways to increase my calorie intake without having to eat 3 cows a day and staying healthy too.
There's no way I can reach 4000 calories with rice and chicken 💀
This broke my heart, but I recovered quickly realizing that I now have a brand new channel to explore! Thank you for being a good scientist in a sea of quackery.
It's not Entirely true
Its not true..
Not to mention Cocoa Butter within Chocolate. It gives thats "melts in your mouth texture". It is high in saturated fats (of which Palmitic acid is comparable to a normal butter). Do one also on Coconut trend (Flour, Oil, Meal, Desiccated and Flakes variants).
I'd love to see one on coconut oil, flour, etc as a "superfood" too! I think it's ok but it doesn't live up to the hype.
@@annalovel5475 Best superfood is "to eat in moderation and be active". And its cheap as well. imho, everything else, including the concept of superfood, is what I term "premature optimization" - borrowing from software engineering domain - is generally considered root of all evil, especially in the mentioned domain.
Well i've seen a healthline article that says that dark chocolate can protect LDL from oxidation (wich saturated fats only increase the normal LDL wich is far less dangerous) and increase your HDL so really worst case scenario what i said + saturated fat content cancels out.
Good.
Finally, I found somebody who isn't afraid to tell the truth.
I think you are missing the point.
I am going to have fat and sugar regardless. Now I could make it somewhat healthier by adding cocoa, or I could add highly refined carbohydrates (and possibly bacon).
Choose.
There's alot of room between eating fat in some way that isn't all that bad for you , and "superfood"
That doesn't make it a "superfood"
What are you talking about? Bacon is also fine in moderation as well if they don't add sugar and trans-fats to it you'll be just fine.
Cacao is healthy though
I thought it sounded too good to be true.
Well, I’m still enjoying it
6:34 A dark chocolate Hershey Bar? Typically when I hear about how you should add chocolate, it is 70% or greater cacao, not a Hershey bar.
I think these studies are referring to 100% dark chocolate with no added sugar
Looked like an insurance comercial..
Oh. “Typically POOR NUTRITION.” Ain’t what I thought he said.
Overeating is the problem.
Get one scoop instead of 3
Moderation is the Master key .
I'd like to know how many people look at their stash before typing in about how they were never fooled by the hype.
Thanks for the video! I make my own chocolate from 100% non-alkalized cocoa powder and extra virgin palm oil (sometimes I add a natural non-caloric sweetener, sometimes not). It is a bit bitter for the first time, but you get used to it (especially if you cut all sugar from your diet and get occasional cravings like I do). You have to store it in the fridge because it melts in the room temperature. And most importantly, I believe that it is healthy for me!
But not healthy for the orangutans. Research "palm oil" and be prepared to get depressed.
Those companies you named DONT MAKE REAL DARK CHOCOLATE.
For anyone curious, a lindt 95% dark chocolate bar I have here says it has 1 gram of sugar per 4 squares (so 2 grams for a full 8 square bar).
However it's saturated fat content is 112% of your daily intake for the full bar. Not that anyone should be eating it in one sitting.
1 bar also apparently has 40% of your daily fiber, as well as 30% iron, and 4% calcium. Apparently 8 grams of protein.
Just listing these because I happened to have one on my desk. *shrug*
I dislike the implied blanket attack on fat.
Since there are only three sources of calories (fats, protein, and carbohydrates), demonising one is risky. Also, of the three, only two contain essential nutrients: fat and protein. If you must paint with such a wide brush, please paint on carbohydrates. At least cutting carbohydrates won't kill you.
The way I see it you need:
5% fat in your diet, or you die of fat deficiency, (sometimes called protein poisoning or rabbit starvation). (I don't know how long this will take, a healthy person is probably fine for months)
10% protein in your diet, or you die of protein deficiency. (I don't know how long this will take either, a healthy person is probably fine for months)
Fill the remaining 85% of your needed calories however you want, it won't kill you unless you are doing it consistently for decades. Maybe filling the remaining 85% with only sugar might kill you sooner, don't do that. (tongue in cheek tip: Keep your diet's sugar content below 85%.)
To get your other essential nutrients (vitamins and minerals) to the level of not dying I'd say you need to eat at least a piece of fruit once a month, and at least one vegetable once a week.
As always more variation increases the quality of your life.
These are minimum levels, not targets. More variation probably also increases your long term survival, but to make it to the age of 50, my rules are good enough. I'm willing to bet that 80% of healthy people reach the age of 50 by following my diet rules. Which is good enough since we don't know enough about nutrition to be a lot more specific than that.
P.S. All this is on average, don't stress yourself out.
My problem with these "super foods" is what is the definition and what is that supposed to mean for my nutrition? It all seems rather like, " is super food*. *Super food by this definition that all foods qualify for or only this qualifies for, see weak correlation study(ies) for backup."
I find it funny that when people try to debunk claims about certain foods they always talk about the "taste". Noticed when he mentioned dark chocolate he had to bring up taste. There are upwards of 90% cacao chocolate sweetened with stevia, monk fruit, or erythratol that taste amazing and are very healthy for you. Lily's and choc zero are a couple of brands I can think of off the top. No sugar.
Preach Dr Carrol!!! I-am-ever-so-tired of superfoods and nutritional grandstanding.
Well, i'm not really tired of it. Really the only thing that is misleading about it is that yeah if u have a shitty diet full of fast food and u just add a kiwi, or some kale, or some dark chocolate then of course that ain't gonna make much of a difference when your body is exposed to foreign chemicals chronically.
I have about two tablespoons of organic cocoa powder with cereal. It doesn't have any sugars. That has had studies done, and found cardiovascular benefits of this unprocessed. I don't know how high quality those studies were. Looking forward to a follow-up video, once that December 2020 study's results are released.
Powerful, the organic version.
Cocoa is rich in nutrients. Thats science.
This was the largest most delicious candy bar I ever had .It lasted about 2 years .
Guittard Signature Milk Chocolate Block - 10 LB
Dark chocolate IS a superfood and has changed my life for the better.
I look at dark chocolate and cacao as a holistic superfood as it helps and facilitates the blood flow, gets the heart moving smoothly and also overall cardiovascular health. It should be in someone's health cabinet.
This reminds me I've got all that chocolate laying around I haven't eaten. I should probably give it away since the dairy makes me feel sick.
I'll just stick with adding coco powder to my oatmeal. Together with some spices.
First of all, congratulations for making a video like this when every other video on UA-cam claims the contrary.
I have only recently started consuming dark chocolate, and the one I'm consuming (I'm using the word consuming deliberately because I've realised I can't eat them directly) contains zero sugar and 99% cocoa. I put 2-3 pieces of chocolate (approx 25-35grams) in boiled dairy whitener and add minimal amount of sugar to make it all "drinkable". Don't you think it's healthier to consume it this way when compared to "high-sugary" and "high-caloric" versions of chocolate intakes?
Cacao is healthy! Dark cocoa candy bars not so much.😁
my dude doesn't realize actual dark chocolate's carb makeup is 66% fiber.
Superfoods don’t exist; it’s just food.
Dark chocolate with no sugar added is healthy and tasty.
The solution: like the bitter flavor of raw cacao.
Done.
what about dark chocolate that has no sugar in it?
I like 90% to 95% dark chocolate! There’s super low sugar in that, like 2 to 4 grams per serving or even bar. That can’t be that bad for you!
* Diabetes has entered the chat *
Probably still no super food and you also gotta look at the fat in terms of calories, but at least it's not the 50% sugar cited in the video, I guess that is "dark" chocolate operating on the minimum legal definition of "dark". Also the benefit of *really* dark chocolate is that I wouldn't even think eating ~134g ("4.75oz") at once or even in a day. That's more consumption on the scale of 1 or 2 weeks at best.
I only eat dark chocolate with zero sugar or artificial sugar just pure chocolate. Chocolate is good, sugar is bad. Not so complicated. Don’t blame it on chocolate it’s sugars fault!
Does this include 100% Dark Chocolate? Wish it was more specific on what percentage they studied on and so on.
the study only focused on chocolates which is high in sugar and butter and other bad stuff. People should know how to differentiate CACAO, COCOA and the bad Chocolates
It is the cacao bean that is a super food. Not the processed product. Just like flax seed is good but flax seed oil is not. Thank you
I like chocolate that is 80 percent coco with little sugar
"Earth is round, man on the moon, vacines working". I sleep.
"Awesome bitter chocolate is not a Marvelous food". REAL 💩
Dark Chocolate (85% and up) IS a superfood.
Wait! You're assuming fats are bad? You're assuming that people are using Hershey bars to get flavanoids? What about Lindt 95% dark.Actually, chocolate is bad because of oxalate content. Not even mentioned in this clip.
Are you proposing that the polyphenols in 100% dark chocolate with cocoa butter serve no antioxidant benefit?
85% -92% cacao/cocoa doesn’t have a lot of sugar in a whole bar
1/3 of the dark cocoa butter has oleic acid which is found in olive oil (73% oleic acid)
I don't consider it dark till over 85%. Some so called dark chocolate is only 50%!
Sorry Aaron, I'll only do Policy Genius if you dramatically increase the eschatological anxiety content of the ads, a la John Green.
Great vid, thank you for the unbiased/factual information! I am going to continue to enjoy chocolate as a candy treat because that claim always sounded too good to be true and treats in moderation are good for my mental health!
Don't eat dark chocolate, just get your insurance!
Sugar is bad. Chocolate is not. Choose your chocolate wisely, or better yet, make your own without added sweeteners.. edit: never use dutched or alkali treated cocoa
Theres sugar in chocolate
Wow! I saw DARK CHOCOLATE in the title, and the video content talks about sweetened non-dark chocolates and processed chocolates... Seriously??
So adding unsweetened raw cocoa (cocao?) 95% isn’t healthy? Sugar isn’t healthy (certainly in large amounts) but I think you are throwing out baby with bath water.
Damn it now I have questions. I just started eating Theobroma 72% dark chocolate which is supposedly organic. As well as PC organics toasted coconut 70% dark chocolate and PC organics 70% dark chocolate, are those healthy or not? I'm slowly moving to dark chocolate.
100% cacao is the only way to go, and yes stay with organic since chocolate are..especially commercial ones are heavily Sprayed with a Pesticide. make sure its ZERO sugar and also fair trade marking
@@stilmotionpicture you’re incorrect. You need to get dark chocolate that says 85-100% “cacao” and not cocoa. They are different, do you research. Cacao have all the healthy benefits that you need.
@@tyrese5089 tell me more about is.. I did some research and mine says 100% cacao though 🤔 so what’s the difference?
@@stilmotionpicture cacao are less processed(on low temperature) and no additives hence with higher antioxidants, flavonoids and minerals whereas cocoa are processed on high temperatures which destroy all the nutrient contents. Check out dr. Berg video on cacao and dark chocolate. Cacao is the way to go and it in fact reduce cardiovascular symptoms. This video is based off cocoa with high sugar such as name brand bars like Hershey’s etc.
Excellent video. I see tons of media about the benefits but i couldnt find what independently verified studies were used to source the claims. So glad you did this video and debunked the claims. Also very true about the high sugar and fat are in even lightly processed bars. I still enjoy one square of 85% dark everyday, but thats because i like the taste as a meal ender, not because I think its going to have any significant benefit.
Get roasted cocoa beans 100% chocolate.
I get this chocolate from Indian store. Amul Sugarfree Dark Chocolate. It is sweetened with Erythritol. Don't know if it's any good health-wise. Would be good if anybody has any data or experience on long-term use of such dark chocolate.