- A small study found that eating 100 grams of milk chocolate, either within 1 hour of waking or within 1 hour of going to bed, may actually aid fat burning and reduce blood sugar.
- Researchers also found that the chocolate helps regulate sleep and suppresses appetite.
- Though the study has gotten a lot of attention, nutritionists caution against changing your daily diet to include such a high-calorie, high-sugar serving of chocolate, as it may contribute to diet-related chronic diseases over time.
A small study by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in collaboration with investigators at the University of Murcia in Spain suggests that eating chocolate for breakfast may, at least for some, have some unexpected benefits.
In fact, they found that a high intake of milk chocolate in the morning might actually aid fat burning and reduce blood sugar.
They also found that, depending on the timing of consumption, the chocolate could affect hunger and appetite, gut bacteria, sleep, and more.
In addition, eating chocolate at night might change metabolism the following morning.
Source: healthline