[HIGHLIGHTS] Those trying to lose weight were advised to eat no more than 25 g of dark chocolate per day.

Teacher at Russian Biotechnological University Inga Belyaeva says chocolate can be useful for weight loss. Preference should be given to dark chocolate, which contains a lot of natural cocoa and little sugar.

Modern dietetics recommends consuming no more than 25 g of dark chocolate per day when losing weight. Eating white and milk Chocolate can be harmful, since it contains no or very little cocoa, but a lot. of sugar, animal fat, and sometimes other additives, she concluded.