Is dark chocolate really good for you, or is it just a delicious myth?I grew up hearing the same rule: dark, bitter chocolate is healthier for you than its creamier, sweeter milk alternatives. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve learned to like the higher percentage stuff. But for a long time, I felt my Dairy Milk Tiffin habit was unfairly persecuted. Turns out I’m (sort-of) right, according to professor in nutrition at King’s College London, Sarah Berry. Speaking to gut health company ZOE’s co-founder Jonathan Wolf on their podcast, she joined Spencer Hyman, the founder of chocolate distributors Cocoa Runners. “To group chocolate and all the different types of chocolate into one health recommendation is wrong,” she said. Why?Very dark chocolate is higher in fibre, the nutritionist said, whereas its presence is “very low” in the milk kinds.But the professor, who studied cocoa butter as part of her PhD,
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