Oh boy, chocolate! Mmmm, even the sound of it puts you in a better mood. Thats truer than you think. Chocolate is said to be a “comfort food”, a food that can help you feel better in no time.
According to The Dearborn Patch, chocolate alongside asparagus, calcium, walnuts, and one of my favorites, salmon, are great foods to get you out of your winter doldrums. Some of those dark, leafy greens, spinach for example, contain magnesium, which is probably the most important nutrient for your heart. It helps the heart muscle function better, protects blood vessels, and can prevent heart attacks and strokes.
Wow, just to think that something loved by pretty much everyone is needed by them too. Of course if you don’t overdue it. Then that becomes another problem.
Speaking of overdoing it, obesity is a problem that comes from these so called “comfort foods”. Sure, chocolate may be good and does help. But too much isn’t. People can get addicted to almost anything easily.
Addiction has even ran in my family. My cousin was once addicted to Pepsi. It was bad, she could drink a 2-liter bottle of Pepsi in a day. So comfort foods are a good thing, but then could be a bad thing too. It just depends on how you use them.
What would the world be like without chocolate, though?
Fatmeh Dabaja
Unis Journalist
