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Is dark chocolate a healthier Easter egg option? Dietitians give their verdict

Is dark chocolate a healthier Easter egg option? Dietitians give their verdict

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sign up to IndyEat’s free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free Easter chocolate is all over supermarket shelves. Some people reach straight for milk chocolate eggs while others pause at the darker varieties, assuming they’re healthier. Dark chocolate has gained a reputation as the “better” choice because it usually contains more cocoa and less sugar than milk chocolate. But is dark chocolate actually healthier? Let’s see how the evidence stacks up. How do they compare? All chocolate begins with the cocoa (or cacao) bean. Cocoa beans are the seeds of the Theobroma cacao tree, a tropical plant native to Central and South America. Processing the bean gives you cocoa solids (the bitter part) and cocoa butter (the fat part that gives chocolate its smooth texture). Chocolate is made from cocoa solids, cocoa butter and sugar. Milk chocolate also contains milk powder or condensed milk. Dark chocolate typically contains a much higher proportion of cocoa solids, usually …

Is dark chocolate healthier than milk chocolate? Two dietitians weigh in

Is dark chocolate healthier than milk chocolate? Two dietitians weigh in

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sign up to IndyEat’s free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free Easter chocolate is all over supermarket shelves. Some people reach straight for milk chocolate eggs while others pause at the darker varieties, assuming they’re healthier. Dark chocolate has gained a reputation as the “better” choice because it usually contains more cocoa and less sugar than milk chocolate. But is dark chocolate actually healthier? Let’s see how the evidence stacks up. How do they compare? All chocolate begins with the cocoa (or cacao) bean. Cocoa beans are the seeds of the Theobroma cacao tree, a tropical plant native to Central and South America. Processing the bean gives you cocoa solids (the bitter part) and cocoa butter (the fat part that gives chocolate its smooth texture). Chocolate is made from cocoa solids, cocoa butter and sugar. Milk chocolate also contains milk powder or condensed milk. Dark chocolate typically contains a much higher proportion of cocoa solids, usually …

If your healthy eating resolution isn’t going to plan, try this dietitian’s smart trick

If your healthy eating resolution isn’t going to plan, try this dietitian’s smart trick

Published by Jenni Sidey

It’s hard to make a change that sticks, especially when you’re trying to eat more healthily. It’s a change that’s well worth making, however. Registered dietitian Avery Zenker explains that eating well is one of the best ways to improve your health, with dietary choices impacting the whole body, from your brain to your heart, from your gut to your skin. Zenker shared lots of great tried-and-tested tips to help, such as identifying your why and using the SMART goal system, but there was one piece of advice that was both new to me and beautifully simple. Make a momentum menu. “This is a list of easy, healthy, go-to meal ideas that you can refer to on days when you’re feeling tired, unmotivated, or unsure what to cook,” says Zenker. “Ideally, these meals include ingredients you reliably have on hand, that you know how to make and that you enjoy. “These meals can be as simple or as elaborate as you’d like, as long as you know they’re doable on days when you have low …