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What are the disadvantages of eating more chocolate?

Eating too much chocolate will only cause digestive problems. Just like all foods with high fat content (above 30%), eating too much chocolate can also cause stomach pain (such as stomach pain, bloating, diarrhea, etc.). Especially light chocolate, it has more fat and contains more polyols (eating too much can cause stomach cramps or diarrhea). Chocolate is a high-calorie food and should not be eaten more. Generally speaking, it is enough to eat about 30 grams each time.

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Can you eat chocolate during lactation?

You can eat chocolate during lactation, but in moderation. Breast-feeding mothers who eat too much chocolate will enter the baby through milk. Chocolate is a kind of high-calorie food, but its protein content is low, its fat content is high, and the proportion of nutrients does not meet the needs of baby's growth and development. In addition, chocolate contains substances that excite the nervous system, which will make it difficult for the baby to fall asleep and cry.

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Can pregnant women eat chocolate?

Finnish scientists wrote in the magazine New Scientist that children born to mothers who regularly eat chocolate have less fear of the new environment than those born to mothers who don't eat chocolate. Copper contained in chocolate plays an important role in the normal development of embryos. Lecithin is also added to some chocolates, and its phosphorus content is of great benefit to the development of fetal brain. Therefore, pregnant women can eat chocolate, but in moderation.

Chocolate taboo

1. Chocolate is high in calories, and its proportion of nutrients does not meet the needs of children's growth and development;

2. Japanese research believes that chocolate can prevent dental caries, but it is easy to cause dental caries because of the high sugar content in general chocolate;

3. Diabetic patients should eat less chocolate, or they can eat light chocolate specially;

4. Women who eat too much chocolate during menstruation will aggravate menstrual irritability and breast pain;

Don't eat chocolate when drinking milk, because oxalic acid in chocolate will combine with calcium in milk to form calcium oxalate, so that calcium can't be fully utilized.