{"id":305,"date":"2019-04-27T15:15:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T14:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marciefitness.com\/?p=305"},"modified":"2019-05-08T20:24:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T19:24:30","slug":"is-eating-chocolate-ever-a-good-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marciefitness.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/27\/is-eating-chocolate-ever-a-good-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Is eating chocolate ever a good thing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Absolutely! But make it the right sort and in the right quantity and you can be smug that you are actually doing your body a favour while enjoying a treat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dark chocolate with minimum 70% cacao solids is the stuff to go for.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A mini 15g bar ( see pic) is perfect after dinner treat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dark good quality chocolate contains flavanols which may help lower \u2018bad\u2019 LDL cholesterol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also a source of iron, magnesium and zinc which support many functions in the body including the immune system, muscle and nerve function and energy levels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Too much of anything is not good so keep it to two squares or mini bar as seen in the pic and you will be getting a nutrient boost while not over dosing on saturated fat and calories. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/marciefitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/58444345_1715204618582944_8765130602971136000_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marciefitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/58444345_1715204618582944_8765130602971136000_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/marciefitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/58444345_1715204618582944_8765130602971136000_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absolutely! But make it the right sort and in the right quantity and you can be smug that you are actually doing your body a favour while enjoying a treat.&nbsp; Dark chocolate with minimum 70% cacao solids is the stuff to go for.&nbsp; A mini 15g bar ( see pic) is perfect after dinner treat.&nbsp; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marciefitness.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/27\/is-eating-chocolate-ever-a-good-thing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is eating chocolate ever a good thing?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marciefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marciefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marciefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marciefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marciefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marciefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308,"href":"https:\/\/marciefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305\/revisions\/308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marciefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marciefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marciefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}