Which Chocolate Is Best For Weight Loss? My sister and I had a discussion the other day about which kind of chocolate—dark or milk—is better when dieting. She says it’s a wash because they have about the same number of calories, and if you stick to a small amount your diet is safe. But since dark chocolate has so many nutrients, surely it’s better for your waistline, too. Who’s right?
You are. There’s evidence that the body responds differently to the calories in dark versus milk chocolate. Milk chocolate contains more sugar and, as such, is more likely to trigger cravings and be stored as fat. Dark chocolate contains less sugar and is more satiating: A study at Denmark’s University of Copenhagen found that compared with milk chocolate eaters, women who enjoyed 3.5 oz. of dark chocolate reported fewer cravings and ate 15 percent fewer calories over the next five hours. That’s likely thanks to the healthy monounsaturated fatty acids in dark (but not in milk) chocolate.
