Did you know not every little thing told about chocolate is true?

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Found some research about the facts of chocolate and happen to find some incorrect things along the way.

Fun Facts :

The United States manufactures more chocolate than any other country but the Swiss eats the most out of any other country.

The average American eats 10-12 pounds (4.5 kg) of chocolate in a year.

Women tend to crave chocolate than any other food.

U.S. chocolate manufacturers use 3.5 million pounds of whole milk every day to make chocolate.

In 2000, Italy made the largest chocolate bar weighed in over 5,000 pounds.

Chocolate is the most commonly craved food in North America. 40% of American women and 15% of American men are "chocoholics".

Chocolate is America's favorite flavor, according to recent surveys with a little over 50% of adults preferring chocolate to other flavors.

Chocolate causes skin inflammation. Wrong.

Acne and chocolate have no connection whatsoever. Over 20 years, clinical studies have excluded chocolate as a cause or a factor in acne. Many dermatologists doubt that one’s diet has any important role of acne.

At the University of Missouri, student volunteers with mild to moderate acne each consumed nearly 20 ounces of chocolate over a 48 hour period. Examination of lesions on the fifth day of the test and again on the seventh day showed no new lesions other than those that might be expected based upon the usual variations the subjects had exhibited during several weeks of observation prior to the test.

In a research study at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, a group of 65 subjects were fed chocolate bars containing nearly ten times the amount of chocolate liquor as a normal 1.5 oz commercially available chocolate bar. A control group ate a bar that tasted like chocolate, but actually contained no chocolate liquor. At the conclusion of the test, the average acne condition of those eating the chocolate was virtually identical to that of the controls, who had eaten the imitation bars.

Chocolate is a factor in gaining weight. No it’s not.

Chocolate doesn’t make you obese. Not exercising often and eating more than the natural body intake makes your body store unnecessary amounts of fat. Chocolate is energy dense. If you are eating too much energy-dense foods daily that is a quick trip to Heftytown. It is wrong to say that eating chocolate will lead to obesity if you eat high quality chocolate in small doses.
A person who has a healthy diet and lifestyle can safely eat good quality chocolate in moderation without fearing the possible weight gain.

Confectionery food like chocolate causes tooth decay. That is an excuse for kids to stop eating candy.

Tooth decay is primarily the result of poor oral hygiene. Dental caries (another word for cavities) are caused by any foods containing fermentable carbohydrates that are left on the teeth for too long. In fact, there are ingredients found in chocolate products that may retard the tooth decaying process.

Chocolate has a high amount of caffeine. Fiction.

The amount of caffeine in a piece of chocolate candy is significantly lower than that in coffee, tea or cola drinks. For instance, a 5 oz cup of instant coffee has between 40 and 108 mg of caffeine, while a 1 oz milk chocolate bar contains only 6 mg and many confectionery items have no caffeine at all.

Chocolate is high in cholesterol. False.

The American Heart Association recommends that daily cholesterol to be right at 300 mg. A chocolate bar is actually low in cholesterol. A 1.65 oz. bar contains only 12 mg or cholesterol. A one oz piece of cheddar cheese contains 30 mg of cholesterol — more than double the amount found in a chocolate bar.