A study examining the data of three cohorts suggests that eating dark chocolate may decrease type 2 diabetes risk, but eating milk chocolate does not offer similar protection. The research ...
Dark chocolate with 50-80% cacao has the highest flavan-3-ol content with 3.65 mg/gm, while on average 35%-cocoa milk chocolate has 0.69 mg/g. White chocolate has none.
Eating dark chocolate five times a week may lower type 2 diabetes risk by 21%, according to a large U.S. study. Milk chocolate showed no benefit, and further research is needed to confirm the findings ...