Is Dark Chocolate a Low Carb and Keto Friendly Snack?
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- Dark chocolate is rich in antioxidants and minerals that benefit your body. As the popularity of low carb diets increases, we see more and more products advertised as keto-friendly, including dark chocolate bars and snacks. But, is dark chocolate ok to eat on your low carb or keto diet?
I’ll share how dark chocolate compares to milk chocolate, how dark it must be to be beneficial, and the mistakes that are easy to fall into when you add this snack to your diet in this video.
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Wouldn't it be better just to have cocoa powder.
My parents use to make cocoa drinks from cocoa powder that was kept for baking. Long before drinking chocolate came on the scene.
Plus cocoa powder does not have sugar added.
I eat a piece of 85% dark chocolate daily. ❤
Dark chocolate is a great measure of how your palate changes with diet. When I was a carb burner, 70% chocolate was very bitter and unenjoyable to me. After a few years of keto, now the 85% is a very sweet treat.
I agree with you! I have a 100% bar I bought a month ago, and I can eat a little 1/2 inch square of that and it tastes perfect to give me a “ chocolate fix” once or twice a week.
Now I use the 95% cacao and have 2 squares to "kill" my cravings for sweets. It works and it is definitely a good thing for me as long as I am careful to not overdo it. I could never have taken the bitter chocolate a few years ago. Now since I don't eat sugar I pick up the hint of sweetness and LOVE the bitterness of the cacao.
Very true!
Interesting you saying it, my diet has been 0 sugar for 2 years now, I find the even the 100% to be sweet.
I don’t think that I am even able to take a bite out of a 70% without spitting it out.
@@reevinriggin3570 me too
100% is the best. The total lack of added sugars means you can eat a small piece without craving more.
I learned recently...no matter how healthy chocolate is, any sweet thing, even made with monkfruit, i have zero control. Thats why I can't have dark chocolate in my house. I would never only eat 3 pieces. I've eaten the whole bar and that just triggers my desire to eat and eat and eat. A good lesson! :)
Story of my life
Agreed
@@contrarian717 same here I thought that I was greedy
Dude that’s a you problem!
@@williamcabell142 uhhh no that’s your problem obviously he’s talking about him or herself and u must be upset since u can’t control
What a beautiful, nice, friendly person. Talks well, lovely hair 👏
I love the lindt 90% chocolate 🥰
Try the sams choice 90% best tasting of all the big brands in my opinion
So do I, the only one I like!
@@richardschnoor6995 Sam's club is the best. Plus only $1.98. Lindt is expensive taste like candle wax.
@@Truth-Machine5000 lindt is 1.6
I have 3 squares a day in my refeading window of Lindt 100 percent.
I'm practically addicted to the Lindt 90% dark chocolate. Incredible taste, only 2 grams of sugar per serving (30 grams) along with 5 grams of fiber and all those polyphenols. I've even got my 5 year old daughter and 3 year old son preferring it over the sugary "milk chocolate" crap. Enough said! Long live the dark!!
One other positive of Lindt 90% is that a Consumer Labs Test showed that it had "zero cadmium" which is a probable carcinogenic.
Goodness yes!
I believe Sam's Choice 90% from Walmart is made by Lindt. Really good
Lindt are made with cocoa, not raw cacao so no polyphenols or any antioxidants at all really. Just a ton of fat and very little sugar.
Thank you for video. Prayers continue for you and Keith
Very interesting!! Thank you so much Dr. Becky🙏
Very informative. Thank you for breaking it down.
Excellent, scientific, and detailed- enjoyed this, thank you!!
Loved this!! Thanks for making this video
Very helpful video! You and Keith have been in my thoughts and prayers! God bless you both!
This was really informative. Thank you.
OMG I love the wood stove!!! I’ve always wanted one, I love the entire brick corner setup.
Thank you for this! My best to you and Keith ✨🙏🏼
Thank you so much for this video Dr Becky. I hope Dr Keith is in good spirits. Many hugs to you both and your family!
Thanks Dr B...that was very informative and very helpful. I loved the explanation.
Praying for Dr. Keith’s complete and speedy recovery. ❤️
love your video about the basic for dark chocolate and your voice is so soothing to listen to
Dr. Becky, thank you for your videos. I appreciate the "information dense" style of your talks because you pack a good amount of understandable information into your quick & easily time spent minutes. I listen to a good number of informative videos & I find yours the ones I enjoy & benefit from the most. This one is no exception. Again, thank you.
This is another very helpful video. I have just started Keto and these videos are proving invaluable.
Finally!! Thank you for this 🥰.
Great video! Very informative. Thank you. Continued prayers for Keith and you as well. Oh, I just ordered your book, will receive in few days. Looking so forward to it!
I enjoyed hearing your personal story living near Hershey, PA. I'll be looking into taking my children on that ride. Thank you!
I bought some dark chocolate' yesterday! Thank you, Dr. Becky, for your channel, it's one of my favorites!
Great Video on how to add chocolate to keto/low carb, like the occasional treat idea
Shared at Health and Wellness ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Still sending up Prayers for you all 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😘
Dr. Becky is the most polite CZcamsr ever.
Thanks for yet another great video! I remember back in 1981 driving through hershey pa. I saw that the street lights were giant hershey kisses! I thought I was in heaven lol! I really appreciate your patience explaining and humor! Happy trails to you on this journey of keto and i.f.
Dark chocolate has become my main dessert since starting the Keto diet. I personally like 84% - 95% dark chocolate preferably with zero sugar. Thank you for your video!
Thank you as always for your videos. Please know I'm continuing to pray for you and Keith.
🧞♂️🧞♂️🧞♂️You and Dr. Keith are in my daily thoughts🧞♂️🧞♂️🧞♂️
Good advice , as always! LOVE dark chocolate . . .Have to work on the portions.
Good stuff!
Yummy! The chocolate looks good too!
Your voice is so calming, I could listen to you for hours💖. Thank you for the video.
Doesn’t she though??? 😊
Thank you very much for helpful information
Thank you for this fascinating and informative video. I grew up in the UK in the sixties and dark chocolate was always a special treat. It's remained a life-long preference. I like Lindt and the LIlly's brand (especially the one with sea-salt) and they've recently added an extra dark variety which is very good.
Thank you ... good stuff. Keeping you and Dr. Keith in our thoughts and prayers.
Fun fact. In Australia the serving size for Lindt Excellence is 20g.
The one you're showing suggests a serving size 50% higher than Australia.
Very informative thank you..
I find yr videos very informing, thanks
I use 100% organic cacao powder. Or 100% organic baker's chocolate with no sugar. 💜
Great to see you again Dr Becky. Think of you and Keith often, hope he is feeling better and sending my prayers 🙏🏻.
Thanks, Robert! We appreciate the prayers! I have been posting updates on our 2 Fit Doc's community page: czcams.com/users/2FitDocscommunity
@@beckygillaspy Dr. Gallaspy, do you have a video which would allow to calculate recommended daily water intake based on body mass of the patient?
@@Candlelight787
I am interested in per lb or per kg total body weight, as well.
The rule-of-thump is 3-pints or 3-500ml quality spring water.
The one gallon recommendation per person per day is for food storage, meant to include cooking and hygiene.
Thanks Becky
Thank you doc
From central PA too, used to work at hershey park! Watching your channel for a short time and enjoy the content, thanks
Hershey Park was my first job :).
Im so happy to see you again , i hope Keith is doing well still praying all is good
Thank you, Sue! We both appreciate the prayers! I have posted a few updates: czcams.com/users/2fitdocscommunity
Thanks Dr Becky. I'm enjoying your book, great job!
If you want the benefits of cacao then I recommend raw cacao powder which is lovely in unsweetened almond milk with cinnamon. Cacao nibs are also a nice treat
Love cacao nibs in a smoothie bowl or chia pudding, although plain they aren't so tasty...Thanks for sharing this info
I eat a 92% Square in the morning, and one in the evening. I am 68, and I eat it for my aging prostrate. It works wonderfully, I also am a Keto advocate.
Living in a cacao growing area of Mexico my recipe is= 1/3 cup each, cacao powder, coconut oil and Swerve ... melt together in a double broiler the pour into molds and refrigerate...
Mexico the country or state? If the country why not smuggle this over the border and not the other drugs?
WOW, thank you for the recipe.
@@1kbs11 What was that suppose to mean?
Thank you!
@@ohyeah3365 I think he meant New Mexico or the country (Mexico)?
Good afternoon 🌞
Dr Becky....
Lindt chocolate was~is the Dark chocolate I eat as my sweet treat.. Thank you for sharing this Well Needed post... Sincerely Tee Jay 🤗
Must have chocolate! Dark chocolate rules! Thanks Dr. Becky
Enjoyed your memories of going to the Hershey factory. I grew up 30 minutes away from Battle Creek, Michigan's Kellogg cereal factory. Wow did it smell good in there.
Evolved midnight coconut 100 percent is what we eat, used with Bulgarian Yoghurt. We shred it in a cheese grater over the yoghurt with 3 blackberries. Before I was fat adapted I wouldn’t have eaten this and enjoyed it as much as I now do!
Love this and thank you🥰 I will make my raw peanut butter cup with these
Love Lindt chocolates. I just got the Orange flavored one. Dark Chocolate.
Lindt is one of the brands I use and I buy 85% or 90%. I find that 85% is the sweet (no pun intended) spot between staying keto and enjoying a treat and I have no issue sticking to the portion size (yes!).
Lily's dark, zero sugar, erythritol mostly and stevia. It's fantastic!!! Great deal on Amazon...
I’ve been keto for a few months now, and recently have been leaning more towards a ketovore diet. Before keto I couldn’t stand anything over 75%. Now I have 95%, 90%, and 85%, and the 85 tastes very sweet to me! I love eating the 95% with a teeny bit of Himalayan pink salt and I let small pieces melt in my mouth. Very indulgent and satisfying!
Very helpful. Since I like black coffee, 100% cacao chocolate is fine for me, taste-wise, as an occasional treat... but I hadn't realized how high carb even it is. Sounds like it will become even MORE occasional, as I strive to reach my health and weight goals. Thanks!
Aldi has a nice selection of high percentage dark chocolate. Most is imported from Germany or Belgium
Sainsbury’s has a selection of 100% cocoa dark chocolate 🍫
ALDI does carry a great selection of chocolate, in all forms. I wish they would add 100% to their variety.
Yes in Australia 🇦🇺 too
@anya kay Based on what? Compared to what? All grocery stores have some crap food because that's what Americans want to buy. I get my organic apple cider vinegar, grass fed butter, produce, 85% dark chocolate, organic bone broth and lots of other keto friendly items there. Check out Thomas DeLauer's videos on keto shopping at Aldi....
@@lorinichols9996 Thank you Lori
Lovely video. I use it in my bulletproof coffee all the time. How is Keith doing now? Our prayers are with you guys. 🙏🏼
I was wondering the same thing. I am keeping him in my prayers.❤️🙏🏻
Thank you! We appreciate the prayers! I have been posting updates on our 2 Fit Doc's community page: czcams.com/users/2FitDocscommunity
I like Lindt 90% and Ghirardelli 92%. Good macro percentages for me.
Me too! Been to Hershey’s ! But I am not a fan of chocolate… spent a year in Pennsylvania!! Next time I am there will stop by to see you….
My favourite chocolate treat is 85% or higher lint with cream cheese .. gives the creamy flavour with no added sugar above the chocolate
Here's the thing. Not all dark chocolate is the same. Most popular brands usually have terrible practices and their chocolate is just not good. Brands like Hershey's or Milka are straight away bad. Even Lindt, that's also show here, although it's higher quality. They are mostly known for their milk chocolate, which has so little actual cacao in it, that it's just a shame. Hershey's and the British Cadbury are notorious with coming up with the "genius" idea of significantly reducing the cocoa content and adding tones of milk powder and sugar, and thus killing the popular at the time DRINK that was the chocolate and giving birth to the modern candy bars at the beginning of the last century (I'm not pretending to be historically correct, so don't quote me on this). This wasn't all bad, before that, chocolate was a treat only for the rich, but... the problem with lowering the cost because milk and sugar were dirt cheap compaired to cocoa, is that all the benefits of the cocoa are now gone. The amazing drink, that the ancients were using and the modern candy bars have NOTHING in common. This is why you need to go as high as 85% or 100% to get rid of added sugar, and the real problem - the chocolate simply doesn't taste good. I can talk for hours about chocolate, but what you need to know is this. Good chocolate is a lot like coffee and wine - the origin is important and the quality varies a lot. What I've found in the last couple of years is Colombian is pretty good. Like most good things it's a little pricey and (the one I use - Luker) it's mostly used as an ingredient and row materials by chocolatiers. I think they have bars, but I've never tried them. But their pouches filled with small disks of single origin chocolate are just amazing. Let's say that as a former sugar junkie, I've never thought I'd like dark chocolate one day. And that I'd like it more than the milk one. All the ones I've tried (Santander, Huila, Macondo, Palenque) have natural sweetness to it despite the high cocoa percentage - between 55 and 75 - and VERY rich taste. Very dark ones like Tumaco, that are 85% require a little time to get used to, but all of them are definitely nothing like I've ever tasted before. And it's pretty difficult to overeat on this chocolate (although not impossible) because it is so dense and rich. Bottom line - go for Colombian, go for Italian (careful with the Belgian), read the ingredients and taste real chocolate. You're not gonna regret it. And that's it - that's my journey with fasting, keto/low carb and chocolate. I definitely use it as a treat, not an everyday part of my diet, but I've no doubt that it's more than worth it and has more benefits than downsides. I hope this helps. Cheers from Bulgaria!
Thanks for the info. I like dark chocolate 70 % or more but i have a big problem with it. I ate sometimes 50 grams or more of chocolate and i use to get terrible joint aches for hours. i notice if i eat 10, 20 grams i am fine but still i think that even that is ok considering the paint i use to get. Any thoughts on that?
Most dark chocolate bars are made with cocoa and not actual raw cacao, so even 100% still gonna have little to no health benefits. The best thing you can do is go right to the source and buy raw cacao powder and mix it in things or cacao nibs and do whatever with those. Just remember when you consume raw cacao, do not use heat or you will destroy the antioxidants.
@@duessel135 your joints probably got inflamed by all the fat and sugar in the chocolate as those two things cause inflammation. That's my guess.
@@kyles5513 i have this problem with 90% cacao, normal chocolate full with sugar i am fine but i don’t really eat that for a while now.
@@duessel135 maybe cacao just doesn't agree with your body, it's common with lots of people.
Lindt 90% is my favorite! I find the 85% to sweet (but I'll eat it if someone gives it to me :D)
I always tell people that 90% should be your litmus test to see if you are eating to much sugar. If it tastes like cardboard = to much sugar. Tastes like awesome rich chocolate = you're doing great.
Try 99% Lindt chocolate, I wonder if you will like it? Let me know, and be honest ;-)
@@zbawieniejestwieczne9013 I've never seen 99%, just 95 or 100%. I like the 95%, but the bars cost the same amount and are only 2.8oz vs the 90% 3.5oz. So I buy the 90%.
@TDH 90% Lindt - INGREDIENTS: Chocolate, Cocoa Powder, Cocoa Butter, Sugar, Natural Bourbon Vanilla Beans.
Not seeing soy or even soy lecithin.
I mean olive oil bottlers get away with cutting their products with seed oils and claiming it's pure so I don't see why Lindt couldn't leave it off their ingredient list, but I don't see why they would.
@@caseybrannon4975 I've never seen 100%. Its hard to find 90%. 85% I can get at most places.
It tastes soo bitter to me I get the 90%....I don't like it 🤣 but getting used to it for 1 or 2 squares with my tea ☺️
I miss you and Keith, wishing him quick recovery and still praying for him 🙏🙏🙏
What is wrong with Keith?if you can say...
60% cacao used to be too bitter for me and now I frequently eat the 100% and I love it.
great and informative video. I use the 95% or 100% chocolate for a snack.
Thank you.
Love the 90% and keeps me in line, great taste, like the bitterness , assuming that is good 😄
It works. I use the 86% Cuts cravings and minimizes hunger. Keep it in the freezer. Snap off a small piece now and then. Ghirardelli.
Montezuma's 100% cocoa is now a sweet treat for me, my taste buds have changed so much ahah
I love this specific brand. I always eat half a bar of the 100% Cacao dark chocolate along with a vanilla black coffee or a chai black tea and some nice cheese as a snack. The bitterness of the black coffee takes away some of the bitterness of the 100% dark chocolate making it taste a lot more like just an 85% dark chocolate.
Is it made with actual cold pressed raw cacao?
My wife like the bar with chili flavor!! She eats this maybe once a year but this is her choice!
Hi Doc, great video, I live in the uk and tried a 100% cocoa bar the other day, nothing like chocolate as we know it and I had to force myself to finish it lol
You’re Charismatic
Yes! I use it as an occasional treat, 2 or 3 squares once every two weeks or so. I like to have fun grossing out other people by eating a square of 100% baker's chocolate without wincing. I usually add a couple of walnut or pecan halves, which provide all the sweetness I need to take the bitter edge off. But here's the most beautiful thing: the lingering aftertaste is nearly divine and lasts up to ten minutes.
Found brand " Montezumas" Absolute Black dark chocolate
carbs 8g per 100g sugar 3g per 100 ingredients cocoa soilds100 percent only ingredient.
Whew...made me get up and chk label lol
I have been taking 95% cocoa and sugar is listed as the Last ingredient. Was worried as it is something I enjoy. Thank you for your video.
I can have a few pieces of Sam's Choice 90% Cocoa Swiss Dark Chocolate every day. It's low carb and does not trigger my desire for more sugar. I think it's different for each person.
Great video; thank you very much! I allow myself two small squares of 100% every day and it tastes sweet to me now after a few years! I believe 100% dark chocolate is high in fibre; does this have health benefits?
Thank you
Thank you...
(JF) Nicely done and put together video. Ha, ha, ha, now I know how you became so sweet! You're a near by Hershey baby. I never been to Hershey, but I've been and still am on that chocolate ride. I do live close to Hershey and maybe one day I'll take that other chocolate ride. Not worried about weight lost. only good weight gain / maintain and good over all health. Which is a challenge as we become vintage in years. Still working out the balance of it all. You videos do a great deal of good for so many I have no doubt. Thank you.
I love it...going keto...first low carb, then keto
I also use organic cacao powder to flavor my chia seed pudding....
Lindt 78% has sugar as the third ingredient and it’s very tasty.
From Pennsylvania also, near state college.
Yes Dr. Becky I also eat 2 squares of 85% cocoa chocolate every day :-). Dark chocolate is not sweet but rather it's bitter and delicious. I eat it for IRON.
I like Lily's 92%. It's not as bitter and dry as the 100% options, and it still has some sweetness from the small amount of erythritol and stevia added.
My "breakfast" every morning is 3/4 ounce of Green and Black's 85% cacao chocolate (eight mini-squares) and two cups of black tea. This works for me, probably because I don't chew but allow each piece to melt in my mouth, while I savor each piece, and sip my tea. Takes about 20 minutes to consume, and I am set for around three hours before hunger begins.
I dip mine in my orange and cinnamon tea - Jaffa central!
I'm from Pennsylvania too, near Pittsburgh. I've been to Hershey, great place!
Me too, near UNIONTOWN
Not yet for me. Such is life. I'm open to an invite.
My family visited the factory and we are from san jose. It was so much fun trip and would love to revisit again soon.
Thank you Dr. Becky...i use bakers chocolate...i shave it and put it in my coffee along with flax powder... acceptable right?