In March 2016, a multinational research team published an article in the British Journal of Nutrition that would surprise many.
They concluded that a daily consumption of a special sweet lowers your insulin levels and decreases the liver enzymes that are usually high in people with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
Therefore, drastically improving type 2 diabetes.
A random sample of 1,153 adults between the ages of 18 and 69 volunteered to have their insulin levels and serum liver enzymes tested after answering numerous questions about their health, exercise levels, and dietary habits.
The researchers were particularly interested in their daily consumption of chocolate, as it contains polyphenols believed to affect glucose metabolism.
Interestingly, contrary to our common stereotypes, the people who ate the most chocolate were not the overweight, middle-aged, sedentary who spend their days hibernating in front of the television; but rather younger, physically active, higher educated, affluent people with fewer chronic health conditions.
In addition, those who ate the most chocolate had lower levels of insulin, lower levels of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), and lower levels of liver enzymes.
They found the result to hold for both the physically active and inactive, for both the old and young, and for both the healthy and unhealthy dieters.
That is, the result is not a result of other lifestyle and dietary factors.
For best results, however, it’s important that you eat chocolate that’s mostly over 65% dark. It’s higher in coco and lower in sugar. White chocolate has no positive health benefits.