- Slimming Mechanism
- Advantages and Disadvantages
- Contraindications
- How to Choose Chocolate?
- Recommendations
- Options
Slimming Mechanism
The fasting day on chocolate was developed long ago by nutritionists, and its effect on the body has been thoroughly studied. Weight loss becomes possible due to cocoa beans, which:
- prevent the development of insulin resistance (it is the most common cause of obesity) and improve the regulation of glucose consumption;
- support healthy intestinal microflora due to which digestion of food occurs faster;
- eliminate inflammatory foci in the body which can provoke a set of excess weight;
- reduce depression which means that there is no longer a need to “seize up” stress;
- accelerate metabolism;
- effectively break down fats, removing them from the body (although this is a rather protracted process that cannot be completed in one day, but at least you will start it).
It turns out that chocolate, despite its high calorie content (more than 500 kcal per 100 g), is just as useful for weight loss as many other dietary products. And the results of such fasting days prove it. If everything is done correctly, you can lose up to 1.5 kg.
Name origin. The word "chocolate" comes from the Mayan language, where "xocolatl" meant "bitter water".
Advantages and Disadvantages
When choosing to lose weight with the help of this sweetness, it is necessary to understand what benefits it can have and what pitfalls you can encounter.
Advantages:
- prevents heart disease;
- reduces the risk of strokes and heart attacks by preventing blood clots;
- acts as the prevention of diabetes mellitus, as it controls the body’s glucose absorption process;
- normalizes blood pressure;
- contributes to the elasticity of blood vessels;
- alleviates autoimmune diseases;
- stimulates intellectual activity, improves memory, activates thought processes;
- antioxidant substances prevent the formation of tumors;
- polyunsaturated acids remove harmful cholesterol.
Disadvantages:
- damages tooth enamel;
- causes food addiction;
- high calorie content;
- minimal daily portion causes hunger – it can be very difficult to endure;
- monotony of the diet;
- possible side effects include nausea and dizziness;
- can cause fainting;
- often provokes gastrointestinal disorders;
- contributes to skin rashes.
Obvious harm from such fasting days can be felt only in extreme cases: when contraindications were ignored or the recommended dosage was increased.
Additional information. Chocolate improves heart function, strengthens and cleanses blood vessels from cholesterol plaques.
Contraindications
You should not plan a chocolate fasting day if you have the following contraindications:
- cocoa bean allergy;
- pregnancy;
- diabetes;
- obesity;
- hypotension;
- gout;
- urolithiasis;
- joint diseases;
- insomnia;
- metabolic disorders.
Of course, 100 g of a bar eaten per day will not provoke an exacerbation of gout or osteochondrosis, but unpleasant side effects are quite possible.
Did you know that… chocolate contains theobromine, a substance that makes this product poisonous to animals?
How to Choose Chocolate?
The choice of chocolate today is so diverse that you involuntarily wonder which one to choose. Porous, dessert, vegan, diabetic, in the form of powder, liquid… Which of these varieties will help you lose the maximum weight during a fasting day? After all, it is worth making a mistake in this matter – and you will gain excess weight instead of losing it.
- Black / Dark / Bitter
The most optimal option recommended by nutritionists for weight loss is dark chocolate. The percentage of cocoa beans responsible for weight loss is the highest in it: more than 55%. It is better to choose with indicators from 75% – there will be more benefits. This is the product that is marked as "bitter". If the numbers are lower, then "dark" or "black" will be written on the packaging.
- Milk
Of course, losing weight on milk chocolate is much more pleasant, since it tastes very soft and tender, literally melts in your mouth. However, the content of cocoa beans in it is minimal, which means that all the difficulties of a fasting day may remain completely unnoticed. And dry milk or cream with a fat content of 2.5% in its composition is far from a dietary product, and there is practically no benefit from them. Therefore, nutritionists do not recommend this type.
- White
You can find everything on the Internet. Even such a paradox as the menu of a fasting day dedicated to white chocolate. Although this delicacy does not contain a single gram of cocoa beans, which start all the processes in the body, leading to weight loss. So, you can’t think of anything more useless for fighting extra pounds.
Other varieties also cannot be included in the category of useful for weight loss, so they can be safely ignored.
Interesting fact. The most expensive chocolate is "Chocopologie by Knipschildt". The cost of 453 g of the delicacy is $ 2,600.
Recommendations
To achieve results, you need to learn how to properly conduct a chocolate fasting day. Otherwise, you risk ruining the whole effect of such a tasty and simple diet. So, there is a number of recommendations:
