Say “Yes” to Chocolate

Giving your child chocolate is healthy, but you need to be careful about the type of chocolate you buy. Avoid candy bars that include corn syrup, food coloring, and other additives and are high in sugar.

Kids should stick to dark chocolate that has at least 50% cocoa because it is loaded with antioxidant-rich minerals including magnesium, iron, phosphorus, zinc, potassium, selenium, and copper. For growing children, the hippocampus is stimulated and brain function is improved by the flavonoids and theobromines in chocolate. To increase the nutritional content of your wholewheat sugar-free chocolate muffins, you can even sneak in a puree of pumpkin or zucchini.