Just remember this when you crave chocolate.
There are many dangers to chocolate. First and most obvious of all is that chocolate is loaded with sugar. This sugar can cause
diabetes, high blood pressure, hardening of the arteries and a lot of other diseases. Kids who eat a huge amount of chocolate are hyper because of the amount of caffeine and sugar in it. All the sugar and caffeine cause children to have short attention spans. There are many chemicals added to chocolate to keep it fresh. Most of these chemicals are not good for the body.
Chocolate originally does not taste very sweet. Loads of sugar is added to chocolate to make it taste good. These high amounts of sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty in concentrating, and crankiness in kids. Chocolate contains high amounts of artificial flavors, saturated fat, and harmful coloring that can harm the liver and kidney. Dark chocolate does not have as much sugar as milk chocolate. Dark chocolate contains more
cacao and less sugar and saturated fat. This makes it a fairly better type of chocolate.
The sugars in chocolate can suppress the immune system. This makes the whole body unable to fight disease. Our digestive system is not designed to digest high amounts of sugar. When we eat too much sugar, we throw our body out of homeostasis. When we get too much of one mineral, the ratio of that mineral to other minerals in our body increases. This makes that mineral a toxin to our body. It can cause kidney stones, arthritis, hardening of the arteries, and many other problems. This makes our enzymes unable to function correctly and we do not digest our food properly. The undigested food gets sent directly into our bloodstream. The immune system thinks the undigested food is a foreigner and it starts to respond to the undigested food. This can cause an inflammatory response, headaches, or fatigue. To top it all off the excessive amounts of sugar exhaust our white blood cells and weaken our immune system. Chocolate can cause many problems if eaten in big amounts.
So the next time you eat chocolate, consider eating dark chocolate or even better eat a healthier snack. Remember a little bit of chocolate once in a while is ok to eat. What really is bad for you is eating high quantities at once. Even a little chocolate every day will not harm you. You just have to be careful about how much you eat at once.
