Eating chocolate in the morning tends to be frowned upon unless it׳s Christmas or Easter. But if you’re the kind of person who craves chocolate first thing in the morning all year round, we’ve got some good news for you. According to a recent study, eating milk chocolate as your first meal of the day has some unexpected side effects—such as helping your body burn fat.
Interesting Findings
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, US followed 19 women who ate 100 grams of chocolate within one hour of waking up and then again one hour before they went to sleep for two weeks. The participants weren’t otherwise restricted in what they ate during the trial. The results showed that the chocolate didn’t affect any of the participants’ weight and in fact, it actually aided weight loss.
This is probably due to the chemicals in cocoa, called flavanols, which seem to increase fat oxidation (in other words, they help break down fatty acids).
Eating chocolate at night, meanwhile, helped the participants regulate their sleeping patterns. So there you have it, an answer for the next time anyone tries to give you a lecture about eating chocolate either in the morning or before bed.
