Be it a brownie, a cookie or candy bar, most ladies can’t resist indulging in a decadent chocolate treat. Well get ready because Friday, October 28, is National Chocolate Day – a day celebrating the beloved modern confection created more than 400 years ago in Europe.
But, there are many myths and misconceptions about the amounts of cocoa flavanols in chocolate. Cocoa flavanols are locked inside the cocoa bean – and you won’t find many flavanols in most chocolate, even dark chocolate. So before you get excited thinking that dark chocolate is your saving grace, it may not be.
Registered Nutritionist and Registered Dietitian, Keri Glassman has dedicated most of her career to teaching people about health and wellness. She gives us a reality check by separating food fact from fiction, especially when it comes to chocolate. In this interview, Keri tells us the difference between dark, milk, and white chocolate and which we should avoid, and the real health benefits of chocolate.
Keri is the founder and president of Keri Glassman, Nutritious Life, a nutrition practice and wellness brand based in New York City. She was the Lead Nutritionist for Turner Broadcasting’s new effort to create health and wellness content for TV and digital media across its networks under the brand name Upwave, and the nutritionist and judge on their healthy cooking competition show, Cook Your Ass Off. Keri has authored four books. The most recent, The New You and Improved Diet, gives readers the only eight rules they’ll ever need to know to lose weight and positively change their life forever. She is a member of the Women’s Health magazine advisory board and has a popular weekly column in People magazine.
Thanks Mars, Inc. for making it possible for us to interview Keri! Are you a chocolate lover?
Hi, I’m Jonna. Welcome to naturally-glam.com where I share how I balance my life as a mother, wife, and influencer.
I like chocolate, but l’m not that crazy about it and l prefer it in a wafer, like Kit-Kat or with with coconut like Bounty. Not very fussy at all.
I am a chocolate lover but I am also very strict with myself that I know ehn I have had enough of it and when my body actually needs it.
I love chocolate of all kinds. Dark chocolate is one of my favorites.
Ooh yes, I love chocolate but I don’t have to have it every day. Well except when it’s that time of month lol.
Not much of a chocolate fan but I enjoy out local made chocolate where I live (Grenada) the best. We make some amazing chocolate all supplied from local cocoa farmers.
I LOVE CHOCOLATE! I’m glad to have information about it other than it is heavenly delicious.
Definitely love me some chocolate. I didn’t know any of this so thanks for the enlightenment!
I love chocolate. But I especially love white chocolate! LOL. People sleep on this one!
I’ve never been a fan of dark or white chocolate, and I really only crave milk chocolate once a month. Honestly i think those cravings are more about the sugar than the chocolate!
My favorite is milk and white chocolate, favorite candy Hershey chocolate cookies and a cream. Yes its important not to indulge, every so often is ok.
I love chocolate and sweets, plus cakes and other treats. I really should not have as much of it as I do, but living in Austria makes that extremely difficult.
chocolate lover right here
Thanks for taking the guilt out of my late night cravings! Lol! I love chocolate!
LOL