ROME - Anyone who wants to lose a few pounds for the summer will be happy to know that at least something could not give up. Chocolate, blessing of the greedy, is contrary to what you think a good ally of the diet.
In a low-calorie diet low in carbohydrates assume a right amount can help you lose weight. And 'this unexpected conclusion I came to a German study of the Institute of dietetics and health of Mainz, published in the journal International Archives of Medicine. The research indicates that adding to the daily diet 42 grams of dark chocolate with 81 percent cocoa there is a loss of weight of more than 10 percent compared to traditional diet that bans chocolate.
THE STUDY The study involved volunteers between 19 and 67 years. The samples were divided into three groups: the first followed a low-carbohydrate diet, the second the same diet still combined with 42 grams of dark chocolate a day; the third group (control group) did not follow any diet. The taking into account all of the metabolic parameters of each.
RESULTS The results were surprising: the first two groups lost weight, but the second has lost weight by 10 percent more. The intake of chocolate, also, had also lowered the level of cholesterol in the blood and improved the quality of sleep of the participants. In addition, chocolate has helped maintain the results achieved.
Chocolate is privileged source of bioactive compounds and antioxidants, particularly flavonoids, substances that have positive effects on health and that probably play an important role in the process of weight loss.
DIET "To our surprise, the effect of chocolate is real," said Johannes Bohannon, research director of the Institute of diet and health and author of the study, on the site lifegate.it. "It is not enough just to consume chocolate, important is the combination with exercise and reduction of carbohydrates. Our data indicate that chocolate can be an accelerator of weight loss."
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