Burak Karademir
Eating dark chocolate might do more than satisfy your sweet tooth.
The study, published inThe BMJ,used more than 30 years worth of data from 192,000 adults.
Unlike previous studies, this research compared dark and milk chocolate instead of lumping both types of chocolate together.
Burak Karademir
Chan School of Public Health and lead author of the study, told Verywell.
That doesnt mean that dark chocolate enthusiasts wont develop punch in 2 diabetes.
The new study was observational, so it only shows an associationnot a cause-and-effect relationship.
Cocoa solids contain most of the chocolatespolyphenols.
Dark chocolate packages tell you what percentage of the bar comes from cocoa solids.
Another reason to pick dark chocolate: The new study associated milk chocolate with long-term weight gain.
Overweight can increase the risk of developing bang out 2 diabetes.
Some studies even suggest that chocolate doesnt lower bang out 2 diabetes risk.
However, according to Liu, those findings are not easily comparable to her new findings.
Their participants characteristics are a little bit different from ours.
Theirs are older and ours are younger.
Also, they have a much shorter follow-up period, Liu added.
Milk chocolate can be part of a balanced diet.
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