Since childhood we have heard chocolate is not good for our health and too much of chocolate can cause us great damage. But still it's so hard to resist as chocolates are so tempting. Now there is good news for all chocolate lovers. Science has proved that chocolate is good for you. We all know as you know chocolate is a junk food that can cause weight gain from calories, but eating the right version is the key to have healthy chocolate.

• Chocolate is a champion antioxidant. Antioxidants help rid the body of free radicals, nasty little molecules running amok in your body which cause aging and disease.

• Chocolate can provide natural health-promoting substances called flavonoids and flavonoids help to prevent heart disease and cancer. The flavonoids work to protect our cells from damage.

• Flavonoids reduce the risk of blood clots, and slow down the immune responses that lead to clogged arteries.

• Chocolate is a major stress reliever.

• Chocolate contains many healthful benefits and is a powerful tool to aid in weight loss.

However health benefits completely depends on the type you eat every day that's from candy bars can be the wrong type to eat, which means you should find some of those healthy bars.

Dark Chocolate is the healthy form of chocolates. Dark Chocolate contains antioxidant that helps to:

• Relax Blood Pressure
• Balance Certain Hormones
• Protect the body from the effects of free radicals
• Stress free as it contains serotonin which acts as an antidepressant
• Lower Cholesterol
• Improve Sexual Function

Eating a small, 1.6-ounce bar of dark chocolate every day is good for you.Here is a previous post we have done: MMMM CHOCOLATE!! Stop the Sugar Craving

Choose healthy chocolates: Eating the good chocolate is something that goes good with any natural food balance.

• Your bars should have the richest concentration of chocolate liquor.
• The percentage of chocolate liquor is proudly displayed on the labels of quality chocolate bars.
• Unsweetened baking chocolate has the highest percentage, followed by bittersweet and semi sweet chocolate.
• Organic chocolates are the healthiest, since they have no pesticide residue.
• Avoid chocolates high in sugar.
• Favor other sweeteners that are more slowly absorbed, like evaporated cane juice or barley malt.
• Don't eat any chocolate with hydrogenated fat. Avoid milk chocolate, which just adds saturated fat to your diet.
• When you've found a dark, rich, mildly sweetened chocolate, eat it slowly and savor it.
• Don't eat too much but enjoy this healthy yet sensuous addition to your diet.

(Sources: ezinearticles.com/?Thin-Secrets-of-Chocolate&id=2371689, facts-about-chocolate.com, webmd.com/news)