8 Foods That Keep You Awake

#5 Chocolate


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Most of the news about chocolate we’ve been hearing in recent years has been very positive, especially the health benefits of dark chocolate. Ironically, it’s the dark chocolate that will give you the most trouble getting to sleep at night. Most people know chocolate contains caffeine, that stimulant that seems to sneak its way into many of our favorite foods. Where caffeine content is concerned, the darker the chocolate, the more caffeine it contains. Some types of dark chocolate can contain as much as 80 milligrams of caffeine in just one bar – about the same amount that’s found in a can of Red Bull!