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100-calorie portions of your favorite candy bars

Posted on Oct 29th 2007 9:30AM by Bethany Sanders

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss, Nutrition & Supplements

In a perfect world, chocolate would be a health food. But because they contain butter and sugar, chocolate-y concoctions tend to fall into the "seldom" category of the food pyramid. That said, there is room in a healthy diet for a sweet treat now and then, you just have to watch your portions. To that end, iVillage has figured out exactly how many bites you can take of your favorite candy bar before you hit 100 calories. If you can control the temptation to keep going after a few small bites (and that's a big if), you just might be able to enjoy chocolate again.

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Tags: 100 calorie snacks, 100CalorieSnacks, eating sweets on a diet, EatingSweetsOnADiet, portion control, PortionControl

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Crabby McSlacker 10-29-2007 @ 9:06PM

Actually, I think most health experts are recommending chocolate, especially the dark kind, more and more often.

It's full of anti-oxidants, hooray!

A hundred calories might be handy, but it's a bit arbitrary. Get the good stuff, enjoy it in something resembling moderation, and don't drive yourself crazy counting bites!

(Need more smart advice on nutrition and health--then stay here at That'sfit; don't visit http://crankyfitness.blogspot.com/, where cupcakes rule the world).

Bethany Sanders 10-29-2007 @ 9:07PM

All good points, Crabby! Thanks for commenting!

Kathy 10-29-2007 @ 9:50PM

What I thought chocalate was part of the food paramid. Just kidding. One peice of See's Candy 2 points according to Weight Watcher's. Yea !! That works for me.

jeff 10-29-2007 @ 10:01PM

antioxidants...weight watches......obviously just a bunch of fat people reading this blog looking for some excuse to go eat a candy bar....seriously people.....its a candy bar...nothing even remotely good or healthy about it...and unless your exercising reguarly and eating well otherwise i would avoid even a bite of any of this otherwise....and by the way...im a 3rd year med student and you can find some quack doctor out there to justify about anything unhealthy you are looking to justify doing in your life....so please stop quoting "doctors" who tell you to eat chocolate and get on the treadmil already.

Ariel 10-30-2007 @ 1:28AM

Raw cacao beans (peeled or pulverized into powder) is the latest evolvement. See David Wolfe's book, Raw Chocolate www.rawfood.com/cacao.html and read about the nutritional benefits, at least in the books description. For any third-year med students who doubt it, hold off until your fourth year, when they obviously teach endocrinology. Cheers. And you CAN have your chocolate and leave the calories, too! RAW CHOCOLATE!

Ariel 10-30-2007 @ 1:37AM

That's "Naked Chocolate," sorry! Tantalizing recipes.

http://www.naked-chocolate.com/

http://www.davidwolfe.com/

Shirley 10-30-2007 @ 1:59AM

There is a healty chocolate called Xocai. It's cold proccessed and there is no added sugar. It has many health benefits. As for me it gave me more energy and my restless legs have gone away except for an occasional slight annoyance once in a while. I also sleep better.
For further info go to www.thechocolatecd.com then if your interested in finding out how to get some go to http://mxi.myvoffice.com/shirleyshealthquest/ What do you have to loose, it taste great and for each person it has different benefits. My sister has fibromyalgia and she is virtually pain free besides she has also lost some weight. My husband has had canker sores ever since he was small child. He had them almost at least for 2 weeks at a time every month, he has the scars to prove it. Since starting the Xocai in June, he has had only 2 canker sores and they didn't last very long or weren't as painful.
Shirley