Health - Is chocolate a healthy food choice? Download Video Download Audio iTunes Video Podcast Oct. 12, 2012 What should Christians base their dietary choices on? The Bible? The latest research? This week Peter Landless explains how the principle of moderation can play a role. The question is always asked, “What is good for me to eat?” “What can I enjoy?” “If I enjoy it, it is obviously not good for me or it is fattening.” We have heard that so often, well the question comes up, what about chocolate? Chocolate is it good for me? Should I eat it? Should I enjoy it? Well, people are saying, “There are these studies which say,” and you know that some of the studies which were done, were done on fourteen people only. So that is not a huge amount of numbers to look at, but the evidence is beginning to mount more and more that a little bit of chocolate may be good for you. Now notice what I said, a little bit of chocolate. Why would chocolate, perhaps be good for you? Well it is filled with phytochemicals and antioxidants, those are the good things that work to promote good health in our bodies. However, you need to remember that however healthy that may be, chocolate has CALORIES, it has SUGAR, it has FAT in it so all of those lead to one conclusion, if you do eat it, make sure that you eat small amounts. You see, that is the whole point, moderation and enjoyment of things that are good in small quantities and chocolate is one of those. So, should you eat it? If you choose to, you can, make sure that you eat it in small quantities, and that it doesn’t take up the room for your other discretionary calories that good foods can fill up as well.

Health - Is chocolate a healthy food choice?

The question is always asked, “What is good for me to eat?” “What can I enjoy?”  “If I enjoy it, it is obviously not good for me or it is fattening.”  We have heard that so often, well the question comes up, what about chocolate?  Chocolate is it good for me?  Should I eat it? Should I enjoy it? Well, people are saying, “There are these studies which say,” and you know that some of the studies which were done, were done on fourteen people only.  So that is not a huge amount of numbers to look at, but the evidence is beginning to mount more and more that a little bit of chocolate may be good for you.  Now notice what I said, a little bit of chocolate.  Why would chocolate, perhaps be good for you?  Well it is filled with phytochemicals and antioxidants, those are the good things that work to promote good health in our bodies.
However, you need to remember that however healthy that may be, chocolate has CALORIES, it has SUGAR, it has FAT in it so all of those lead to one conclusion, if you do eat it, make sure that you eat small amounts.  You see, that is the whole point, moderation and enjoyment of things that are good in small quantities and chocolate is one of those.  So, should you eat it?  If you choose to, you can, make sure that you eat it in small quantities, and that it doesn’t take up the room for your other discretionary calories that good foods can fill up as well.