10 Reasons Why You Should Eat Chocolate

If you buy quality dark chocolate with a high cocoa content, then it is actually quite nutritious – no, seriously! Chocolate contains a decent amount of soluble fibre and is packed with minerals. To give you an idea, a 100 gm bar of 70-85 per cent dark chocolate contains: 11 grams of fibre, 67% of the recommended daily intake (RDA) for Iron, 58% of the RDA for Magnesium, 89% of the RDA for Copper, 98% of the RDA for Manganese. It also has plenty of potassium, phosphorus, zinc and selenium. Also the higher per cent cocoa content, the lower the sugar.

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Original Article Posted on: AUGUST 14, 2020

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