| json_metadata | "{"app":"Musing","appTags":["Health"],"appCategory":"Health","appBody":"<p>Yes it can, chocolate contains theobromine, which is a bitter alkaloid of the cacao plant. It can increase your heart rate and can also cause heart palpitations. Aside from theobromine, chocolate also contains caffeine, which is also naturally present in the cacao plant, 100 grams of dark chocolate can contain up to 43 mg of caffeine.</p>\n<p>This doesn't necessarily mean that chocolate is bad for your heart though. Research has shown that chocolate can actually be beneficial to your heart. Beneficial effects were found in people who ate at maximum 6 servings of chocolate per week. Keep in mind that we're talking about dark chocolate here, not the overly sweetened milk chocolate.</p>\n<p>Sources: </p>\n<p>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3672386/</p>\n<p>https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/is-chocolate-heart-healthy</p>","appDepth":2,"appParentPermlink":"pk6kqv87x","appParentAuthor":"blockawale","musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","musingAppVersion":"1.1","musingPostType":"answer"}" |
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