It turns out that eating chocolate first thing in the morning has some impressive health benefits.
A recent randomized controlled trial showed that eating a large amount of milk chocolate (100 grams) within 1 hour of waking up in the morning actually helps to burn body fat and lower blood sugar levels.
You probably associate chocolate with weight gain, but this study will make you think again. In the study, 19 women were assigned to eat 100 grams of milk chocolate either in the morning with breakfast (within 1 hour of waking up) or in the evening (within 1 hour of going to sleep) for a period of 2 weeks.
100 grams of milk chocolate packs a whopping 31 grams of fat, 58.4 grams of carbohydrates, 57.5 grams of sugar, and 542 calories! Despite all of these extra calories — and being able to eat as much as they wanted throughout the day in addition to the chocolate — the women did not gain any body weight.
In fact, the women who ate chocolate in the morning actually reduced their waist circumference by 1.7% and spontaneously cut back on their daily calorie intake by 16%. Specifically, they had less desire for other forms of sweets.
Eating chocolate at night didn’t have any impact on waist circumference and caused only slight reductions in calorie intake.
