Detox & Cleansing
Chocolate and Your Brain, Drug, Treat, or Health Food?
In this episode of the Glucose Goddess show, French biochemist Jessie Chesp treats chocolate like a science experiment, not a moral issue. The core idea is simple: the “healthy” part of chocolate lives in the cacao bean (flavonoids), while most modern chocolate is mainly a sugar delivery system that can spike glucose and drive cravings. Chocolate does contain interesting brain-active compounds, but many do not reach the brain in meaningful amounts. The practical takeaway is not to fear chocolate, but to stop treating it like a health food, choose higher cacao when you can, and time it like dessert, not a snack.