Ideal Body Shape By Eating Chocolate

If you usually afraid of getting fat if you eat chocolate, it seems that the mindset has to be changed. According to researchers, regular consumption of chocolate will actually make the body to be slim.

Although chocolate contains more calories than other foods, but those who eat them regularly in fact have less body fat than those who do not.

As reported by the Daily Mail, the researchers suspect the calories contained in chocolate is a calorie is not uncommon. Ingredients in chocolate can make your metabolism work faster so that offset the fat content in the body.

The result, the metabolic effects of chocolate as a food makes a good diet. "Our findings add information that says that the composition of the calories, not in number, have a positive impact on weight," said lead researcher Dr. Beatrice Golomb, of the University of California, San Diego.

Scientists studied the eating habits of 972 male and brown female with a mean age of 57 years for testing statins, cholesterol-lowering drugs.

The respondents did not have a heart problem, and asked to mererapkan lifestyle and healthy eating. How often chocolate consumption, Body Mass Index (BMI), are also listed.

Apparently, those who regularly eat chocolate every week have a lower BMI than those who do not.

This is despite the fact that people usually do not eat the chocolate eating fewer calories or exercising. In fact, they eat more. Chocolate consumption associated with saturated fat intake greater than other food sources.

But unfortunately, this study did not look at the product and how much chocolate brown to diasup. That is, there is no evidence to say that the amount of chocolate will affect the high and low BMI.

The researchers also warned of this study may not apply to all products containing chocolate, may gain even if the chocolate is too often consumed.

However, research results published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine confirmed previous research that says that a chemical found in chocolate has a positive benefit on mice, including speeding up metabolism.

Epicatechin, a chemical derived from cocoa, has been shown to boost the number of mitrokondria, functioning cells in the body to process energy. Epicatechin mitochondria burn calories and reduce body weight and caloric intake of rats that exercise levels are not changed. Antioxidants are also a stimulant theobromine.

Other studies have found benefits of chocolate as lowering the risk of heart disease and stroke, as well as lowering blood pressure, and reduce the risk of diabetes.

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