Nutritionist gave advice on eating bitter chocolate when craving sweets

Daria Savelyeva, an expert on eating behavior, told us how to replace sweets. In an interview with Radio 1 on Wednesday, July 15, she stressed that it's not about willpower, but about physiology.

Savelieva noted that a stable feeling of fullness and well-being largely depend on the volume of portions. According to her, the stomach must receive sufficient mechanical stretching, otherwise the saturation signal will not be received. She added that a 400-500 g serving is the norm for a girl.

The specialist also called for abandoning the "food project" created by the food industry and independently forming a diet of basic foods — proteins, fats and carbohydrates. According to her, this approach allows you to cook a variety of dishes, including pizza, from high-quality ingredients.

In addition, the expert advised not to fight the desire to eat sweets at any cost. If such a need arises, dried fruits, in her opinion, should be replaced with several slices of bitter chocolate. She noted that she herself eventually abandoned strict restrictions and came to the conclusion that sometimes a reasonable compromise is more effective than a constant struggle with herself.

On July 11, endocrinologist and nutritionist Natalia Kovaleva compared bitter and milk chocolate in terms of benefits. In particular, according to her, bitter chocolate is digested more slowly, and glucose enters the bloodstream in small portions and smoothly.

At the same time, scientists from Perm Polytechnic University talked about the benefits of bitter chocolate for the human body. The active ingredients of chocolate help the body produce nitric oxide, which relaxes and dilates the arteries. This helps to accelerate blood flow and reduce blood pressure. 360.ru .

Gastroenterologist, Candidate of Medical Sciences Evgeny Belousov, on July 10, in an interview with RIAMO, expressed the opinion that the benefits of chocolate depend on the proportion of cocoa and the amount of sugar. He put bitter chocolate with a cocoa content of at least 70% in the first place, and dark chocolate in the second place, where this indicator is 40-70%. The doctor suggested that milk chocolate be perceived as a dessert, and white chocolate was called almost devoid of useful properties, writes RT.