Is all chocolate good for you?

The best chocolate for health is dark chocolate. Milk chocolate got too much fat and sugar. So the healthiest option will be dark chocolate.

I think it has something to do with our hormones too. I also have my cravings before my period starts. I crave for different food, and I sometime think that I might be pregnant, but it ends up like a pre period craving.

Chocolate contains iron, which is desirable when one is losing blood. It also contains chemicals which activate the 'pleasure centres' of the brain and caffeine which is a stimulant. The psychology of chocolate cravings is complex but seems to be very common especially with females and particularly during menstruation.

I like only some chocolates. Some chocolates are not sweet, or not tasty. Some chocolates I like too much and some chocolates are not.

Hi walking2010 :) Craving is really very individualistic trait. Different people have cravings for different things. I suffer chocolate cravings - UN-EXPLAINABLE ones at that!! I read long ago that women generally crave for sweet (anything sweet that they prefer) while men prefer fatty foods (like fried snacks). And it is supposed to be because of different hormonal levels in men and women :P Also, according to research, chocolate raises serotonin or dopamine levels in the brain, which raises the 'feel-good' factor. But, MOST IMPORTANTLY the combination of the caffeine, with the sugar and fat as well as the taste (as your taste buds perceive it) play a HUGE role in causing craving. Low blood sugar levels are one important cause - you know it's a sugar level problem if the cravings occur between meals. Check and see if it's because of drop in blood sugar. Otherwise, don't you worry, it's not just you. You are perfectly normal!! :) Good day! :)

I cannot figure my life without chocolate, I depend upon it altogether. I am an adict to chocolate, I always eat chocolate. I think I should keep of it for a while, but I just can't do it :S I love it. I know many kinds of chocolate, and when I was to Brussels and Switzerland I spent all of my pocket money in chocolates :s

I once read in a peridiocal that chocolate has some health benefits. What exactly the health benefits are, I don't recall, but I have read a number of periodicals that state that chocolate, especially dark chocolate is really beneficial.

I think no....not all chocolates are good for my health but boy, good or bad I like chocolates yummy!

There's a diet with pure chocolate, the Vegan one without milk and anything created by a nutritionist I forgot her name. It is done like this: you eat this pure chocolate everytime you are CRAVING not hungry, you know when you want to eat but you actually don't need it? So you eat it and this chocolate is so much healthier, it's not that fat and tells your brain you are satisfied, and stops you to eat other calories. I think chocolate is very healthy, specially to us gals, it make us feel pleasure or in a better mood, very recomended for depression.

Hi Walking2010, I am not so into chocolates. Chocolates has high content of caffeine that is bad to the health plus sugar that makes it sweet. Now a days there was a research published that dark chocolate is much less harmful. In fact, they said that one can still lose weight while enjoying the goodness of eating chocolates. I don't know if it's true but all I know is, anything you take more than the allowed amount is indeed bad for your and your health.

I think craving a lot when you have your PMS. In my part, i don't feel like eating chocolate because it caused so much pain in my teeth.

Well i guesse that is just some of the effects on you of the hormones that is released during your time of the month. Or maybe that is just a compensation that you usually do during the time of your month that has become your routine and becomes your cravings. Cravings is satisfied only when you fill your cravings up. Is it normal? Maybe. Is it only you? Maybe. Different person has different responses during their time of the month.

all chocolates are good for you in a way but also bad for you. All chocolates are bad in that they are high in sugar. All chocolates are good in that they give energy. Some chocolates like dark chocolates are good for your heart.

I am sure it has some good aspects to it such as anti-oxidants. However, just like everything it must be used in moderation. That is biggest problem I see with people including myself is moderation. My Kryptonite is ice cream.

NO, not all chocolate are good. Regarding the craving thing I think it's kinda normal to crave specific foods you like, I'm not sure what is the specific day but if I'm not mistaken it is post menstrual craving? not sure though.

hello, No, I never feel this. Well, maybe I can say that it is just you because it never happened to me at all. Though i love chocolates, for me it is normal to crave for it when I have period maybe it is just coincident. But not every month I look for it

Though chocolate is very bad for teeth..It is favorite eatable for many children.. And as a common human being I also like chocolate very much..haha..;-)