Chocolate!

[SKM23435]

It's Easter.
All my family are eating chocolate eggs this lunchtime.
I'm on a low phosphate diet.
The subject came up as to which type of chocolate has the least phosphate? Anyone know? White chocolate as it has the least cocoa in it? Dark chocolate as it's the purest?

I have succumbed to a bite of milk chocolate and promise to be good for the rest of the day.

Happy Easter everyone.

[wagolynn]

Hi SKM23435,
This link may help you answer your question. http://www.dietandfitnesstoday.com/phos ... colate.php

Chocolate should be used as a special treat, taking a phosphate binder will help, and being very good for the rest of the day.

It is much more satisfying when it is reserved as a treat.

My dietician says, chocolate is taboo, her reasoning is, many people cannot eat a small portion, if they start they keep on going...
I understand what she means but we just have to be very grownup about it.

[SKM23435]

Wagolynn,
thanks for that. Looking at that list I think there is no easy answer to the question. I suspect as you say the problem with chocolate is the difficulty in only eating a small piece. To be honest I felt so guilty eating Easter egg I only had a small piece and didn't enjoy it as much as I was expecting.

Sue

[bratt]

According to nutritiondata.self.com, 1 oz cocoa contains about 200 mg of phosporus, so the darker the chocolate, the more phosporus it contains. Another issue may be phosphate additives.

Here you can find a table of foods high and low in phosphorus.
http://www.nutrientsreview.com/minerals ... phate.html

Phosphorus is much easier absorbed from phosphate supplements, then from animal foods and only 10-50% is absorbed from plant foods.