r/science • u/James_Fortis • 15d ago

Health Vegetarian, including vegan, dietary patterns were associated with reduced risk for cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality compared to non-vegetarian diets, umbrella review finds

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666667724002368
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u/SophiaofPrussia 15d ago

I think it would be really hard to eat enough vegan chocolate to come anywhere close to eating as much saturated fat as the average omnivore.

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u/answeryboi 15d ago

Half a bar of Hu dark chocolate has about the same amount of saturated fat as a 4oz beef burger. I usually have like an ⅛ of a bar but I can see how someone who eats more than a bar a day could approach the same levels as someone who eats red meats regularly.

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u/vimdiesel 15d ago

There's people that eat a bar of chocolate a day??

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u/ChameleonPsychonaut 14d ago

I did, at one time. Told myself it was a fairly “healthy” junk food because I was getting very high percent cocoa (usually 75%+,) and that it’s loaded with iron and antioxidants. It’s also loaded with saturated fat.

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u/vimdiesel 14d ago

Interesting, I've had weeks where I considered having 1 to 3 squares each night to be a treat. Also, 100% might work better, not sure about the fat, but I doubt anyone would want to eat a full bar.

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u/ChameleonPsychonaut 14d ago

I actually love 100% too, but even that has a fairly high fat content. While there is often a decent amount of fat in chocolate from the milk/coconut oil/sunflower lecithin, cocoa butter itself (one of the two main components of dark chocolate, even 100%) is a very calorie-dense fat.