Isn't dark chocolate supposedly beneficial anyways? It's a good antioxidant and there are potential benefits for the brain last time i recalled
I eat dark chocolate quite often
@ZFire, as it rids me of my cravings for unhealthier, high sugar commercial brand chocolate.
However, what I'll say is, that while dark chocolate
is rich in
flavonoids, they can also found in high quantity in most fruit and vegetables, which are obviously a better source, as they don't contain
added sugars (something that any dark chocolate that doesn't taste like mud, will).
For me, dark chocolate is simply the lesser of two evils, but I'd probably be better off eliminating it entirely.
The positive spin on dark chocolate reminds me a lot of the studies that are done for
red wine, which are clearly all just marketing paid for by companies that have investments in it.
"Red wine contains
resveratrol, so red wine is good", but then you can also get resveratrol from
grapes and
peanuts without consuming
any alcohol that is going to heighten your risk of: heart disease, high blood pressure, liver disease, or just getting drunk and making an "ass"/arse of yourself.
So to conclude: pretty much all chocolate is bad for you, to some degree (albeit a minor degree where dark chocolate is concerned).
That said, whenever I hear about a
connection between diet and tinnitus, I pretty much fall asleep; because prior to my onset of severe tinnitus, I hadn't touched
added sugar in
eight years. I was eating the healthiest I ever have in my life, and then
boom! 2009: welcome to your new life on Pluto (the loneliest planet ever to be demoted from being a planet, to a dwarf planet).
So simply put: I have yet to notice any positive effect on my tinnitus from making my life more miserable than it already is.
Things being what they are, I intend to continue eating whatever the f*ck I like (and that includes doughnut Santas:
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/posts/626589/).
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