Chocolate Lovers' Tips for Easter

• Down size your eggs – if someone is planning to buy you an Easter egg, ask for one designed for small children – it will be smaller, so you’ll be less likely to overindulge,

• Enjoy the accompanying chocolates or bars and give the egg to someone else. It’s an easier way to control the amount of chocolate you eat and you’ll be more likely to have easy access to calorie information,

• Ask for an Easter egg that’s filled with fruit sweets such as jelly babies rather than more chocolate – they’re virtually fat free and so lower in calories,

• Go for plain chocolate – as well as containing more heart-healthy flavonoids, the more intense flavour will satisfy your taste buds more easily so you won’t want to eat as much,

• Don’t ‘guestimate’ the number of calories in a chocolate egg. Instead, try to work it out. Many eggs now give calorie information per 100g and the weight of the egg itself, 

• To calculate the calories in the whole item, multiply the calories per 100g by the weight and then divide by 100. For example, the calculation for an egg that contains 530 calories per 100g and weighs 175g is as follows: 530/100 = 5.3 cal/g; multiply this by 175 = 927.5 calories,

• Beware of constantly nibbling at chocolate eggs – you’ll find it easy to polish off the whole egg. Instead, break off a piece and put the rest out of reach,

• Keep chocolate in the fridge – as well as keeping it out of sight, chilled chocolate will last longer in your mouth,

• If you do overindulge, cut down the next day or up your exercise intake to compensate,

• And, if you really want to be good, ask people to buy you flowers instead of chocolate.

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