Eating chocolate won't kill anyone. The main ingredient of chocolate is cocoa liquid, which contains theobromine, which is toxic to many animals. However, for human beings, theobromine is a healthy anti-sedative ingredient, so eating chocolate has the effects of improving spirit and enhancing excitement.

Taboos for eating chocolate:

Diabetic patients should eat less or no chocolate (but can eat sugar-free chocolate).

People with heartburn should avoid eating chocolate, especially those who feel burning in their hearts after eating chocolate. This is because chocolate contains a substance that can stimulate stomach acid.

Maternal women need to feed their newborns after delivery. If they eat too much chocolate, it will have a bad influence on the baby's development. Theobromine contained in chocolate will penetrate into breast milk, be absorbed by infants and accumulate in infants. Theobromine can damage the nervous system and heart, relax muscles, increase urine output, and make babies indigestion, unstable sleep and crying.

For dogs, a chemical called theobromine in chocolate is the root of the problem. Theobromine is similar to caffeine. According to the explanation of this website, when the intake of theobromine reaches 100 to 150 mg per kilogram of body weight, it will be toxic to dogs.

The content of theobromine in different kinds of chocolate is different: it takes 570 grams of milk chocolate to kill a 9 kg dog, but only 57 grams for dark chocolate and 170 grams for semi-sweet chocolate. For a dog, it is not difficult to pounce on an Easter basket full of chocolate eggs and chocolate rabbits and gobble up a catty or two of chocolate. But if the dog is very young, binge eating chocolate may be life-threatening.

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 children's growth and development.

Eating too much chocolate before meals will lead to satiety, which will affect appetite, but soon after meals, people will feel hungry, which will disrupt normal life rules and eating habits and affect children's health.

Chocolate contains a lot of fat, but does not contain cellulose which can stimulate the normal peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract, thus affecting the digestion and absorption function of the gastrointestinal tract.

Pregnant women should not eat chocolate, chocolate is harmful to pregnant women.