Chocolates and human

• According to a nationwide survey done by the Chocolate Manufacturers Association:
• Chocolate is America's favorite flavor. A recent survey revealed that 52 percent of U.S. adults said they like chocolate best. The second favorite flavor was a tie (at 12 percent each) between berry flavors and vanilla.
• Most Americans (63%) can't resist buying a chocolate treat for themselves when buying chocolates for someone else.

Two-thirds of the fat in chocolate comes in the forms of a saturated fat called stearic acid and a monounsaturated fat called oleic acid. However, unlike other saturated fats, stearic acid does not raise levels of LDL cholesterol in the bloodstream. Consuming relatively large amounts of dark chocolate and cocoa does not seem to raise serum LDL cholesterol levels; some studies even find that it could lower them.

Indeed, small but regular amounts of dark chocolate lowers the possibility of heart attack^[32], a result of cholesterol imbalance according to the lipid hypothesis.

Dark chocolate has been found to help people metabolize sugar, which can be used as a treatment for diabetes.

It is recommended that people who eat dark chocolate for the medical benefits eat only a moderate amount and make sure to cut the calories from other foods that are similar that would have been consumed.