Welcome to the Get Fit Guys, quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield. I'm the Get Fit Guy and in today's episode, you are,

drum roll please, going to learn how to get fit with chocolate. Now, I love my dark chocolate. And while I am careful with heavily processed

candy bars or ice cream, just about every day, I do indeed include a handful of organic cacao nibs

in my morning kale smoothie, a chunk of 85% plus dark chocolate with my nightly glass of red wine.

And some of the other chocolate sources I discuss in a recent Ben Greenfield Fitness.com podcast episode called

What Kind of Chocolate is Good for You.

I'll link to that episode in the show notes for this episode over at quick and dirty tips.com. The episode

you're listening to is number 199. Well, believe it or not, chocolate can actually help you get

fit, and in this episode, you're going to discover how you can use chocolate to help you with cravings

for sweet things, and also to help enhance your cardiovascular fitness. And now let's jump into chocolate.

First, let's talk about chocolate for cravings. Now, perhaps chocolate is a favorite snack of

scientific researchers, or maybe we human beings just have some kind of natural infatuation

with this tasty treat. For whatever reason, it seems like practically every day, there's some news report or news

study about the amazing things that chocolate, cocoa butter, or cocoa powder can do.

From increasing mitochondrial biogenesis, which is the formation of tiny new powerhouses in your

cell, an energy production to enhancing blood flow and the functioning of cardiac tissue, the benefits

of chocolate simply don't seem to end.

Well, I hope you're sitting down, because it turns out a recent study has also shown some

means by which chocolate may actually lead to fat loss, specifically by suppressing your

appetite, increasing meal satiety, and decreasing cravings for sweet things in

general. The researchers in the study compared the effects of milk chocolate and dark chocolate

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