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Dear Diary
By: Alice Harrosh
Dear Alice, Firstly, options. There are plenty of
healthier chocolate options than the
I feel the urge to have some chocolate ones you may be used to having.
pretty much every day. Whether it’s Cacao is somewhat addictive, but
the stress from family, kids, or just there is a much more unhealthy and
the taste in general, the first thing dangerous “addictive” ingredient
that comes to my mind to decompress in the chocolate we eat—SUGAR.
is something sweet and chocolatey. Chances are you’re craving the
How can I avoid this? sugar combined with the chocolatey
flavor than just chocolate alone.
I can start by telling you that this is not Wean yourself down over a week or
something abnormal at all. Multiple two from regular milk chocolate to
studies have shown that cacao—e.g., darker alternatives. The higher the
chocolate—is both healthy and to cacao percentage, the darker the
some degree, addictive. Our bodies chocolate, and the less sugar there
also tend to crave things that they will be in each piece. As an added
“need” as part of our basic biology. benefit, a higher percentage of cacao
Some people may be more inclined means more of the healthy benefits
to cacao than others. I’d like to give of chocolate in each piece, instead of
you three pieces of advice to help the unhealthy sugars.
you conquer your little vice. Second, portions. Add the chocolate
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