For lovers of chocolate

For lovers of chocolate: Encyclopedia of health benefits of chocolate and all her secrets and healthy recipes.

You can enjoy chocolate, they help you a little bit in the physical and mental health. Eating two squares of dark chocolate in the morning, the doctors advised Could that really be good for the health of eating chocolate? Well, if you take the chocolate a day so that the day can not pass without eating a small handful of chocolate, this is extremely useful, like a lot of those people who must eat two cups of coffee in the morning. The next time when you eat a piece of chocolate, do not feel overly guilty about it. Despite the bad reputation that cause weight gain, there are a number of health benefits associated with eating chocolate.

 

 

 The benefits of chocolate over the years, it was chocolate with a bad reputation because of the fat content, and Artbtha acne, obesity, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease and diabetes. However, the recent discovery of bioactive phenolic compounds in cocoa may change this perception and stimulate research on its effects in aging, oxidative stress, and regulate blood pressure, and hardening of the arteries, and today, and praised the chocolate have antioxidant properties. 

Chocolate and Your Health: Chocolate potential stem from the presence of flavonoids antioxidant health benefits. Chocolate comes from the cocoa plant, cocoa goes very existence of flavanols, a type of flavonoid plant. (Other plants rich in flavanols include tea, grapes, grapefruit, and wine.) This seems simple enough, but some types of chocolate contain a lot of flavonoids than others. So health condition for eating chocolate No. 1: chocolate, consisting of non-fatty cocoa solids contain a lot of antioxidants.

 

What about the fats found in cocoa? It is true that cocoa contains some saturated fat. But more important is Alastyark acid - Studies have found that it does not raise blood cholesterol levels as much as other saturated fatty acids. And unsaturated fatty acids and other monounsaturated in cocoa butter (is desirable), in addition to saturated fat called palmitic acid another. But here probably gets a large imbalance because the chocolate products that can contain other types of fat added, such as "milk fat" or "hydrogenated vegetable oils partially" or even coconut or palm oil (both saturated oils naturally), in addition to the "butter cocoa ". So health condition for eating chocolate No. 2: If the chocolate contains fatty ingredients is cocoa butter, it may contain a lot of damage has saturated fat and unsaturated fat more than Alastyark acid. 

 One large spoon of cocoa butter oil contains: 8 grams of saturated fat (4.5 grams, which is one of the Alastyark acid and 3.5 grams, which is one of the last) and saturated fatty acids. 4.5 grams of monounsaturated fats. 0.4 grams of unsaturated fat (mostly omega-6 fatty acids).  

 

Potential chocolate health benefits: to determine the health benefits of Chocolate needs more research and studies that confirm its effectiveness, but recent studies suggest four of the potential health benefits of dark chocolate and cocoa:

 1. It may reduce the risk of heart attack: a few boxes of dark chocolate in day can reduce the risk of death from heart attack by 50% in some cases, says Diane Baker, a researcher at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Researches have found that platelets in the blood coagulates greater in people who ate chocolate than in those who did not eat chocolate slowly. This is important because when platelets accumulate, can form a clot, and when plugged clot in the blood vessels, and can lead to a heart attack. "The presence of flavanols in cocoa beans has a chemical effect is vital to reduce platelet clumping, similar to but much less than aspirin." After a review of 136 scientific publications on chocolate and components and heart disease, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health summarized the studies on short-term suggests that cocoa and chocolate may reduce the risk of heart disease and blood vessels through: • lowering blood pressure • low oxidation LDL • Procedures

  2. anti-inflammatory it reduces blood pressure and is working to increase insulin sensitivity: researchers in Italy feed 15 people healthy 3 ounces of dark chocolate or the same amount of white chocolate - and that do not contain phytochemicals flavanols - for 15 days. The researchers found that insulin resistance (a risk factor for diabetes) were significantly reduced in those who ate dark chocolate systolic blood pressure (the first number in the reading of blood pressure), and is measured daily, was also lower in the group eating dark chocolate. 

3. It improves arterial blood flow: healthy men who ate cocoa rich in flavanols, we may see improvements in blood flow through the arteries. According to recent research, the researchers found that when healthy men consume rich cocoa flavanols, it improves the ability of blood vessels to relax significantly, and arterial blood flow is very important for the health of the heart and blood vessels.

  4. It helps people who suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome:  In a small study in England, was given 11/2 ounces of 85% of the cocoa dark chocolate for a group of adults who suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome every day for eight weeks. In this study, which was submitted for publication, the participants reported feeling less tired after eating chocolate. Surprisingly, they are not reporting any increase in weight in the group who ate chocolate. 

Chocolate multiple other benefits: Studies have already shown that chocolate contains a number of useful components. For example, resveratrol, a compound important in chocolate, is useful not only for the brain and nervous system, but in fact prolong life. Dark chocolate is also anti-inflammatory, it is useful to add to the diet, one of the most natural ways to reduce chronic inflammatory processes carried out by, and degenerative diseases of the most developed countries of the world. 

 How chocolate: Researchers believe that chocolate enhances the work of neurotransmitters such as serotonin, which helps regulate mood and sleep, and it needs to be more research to be done to confirm Vaúant in this area.

  Not all chocolate similar and equal: while the amount of flavonoids anti-health-oxidant vary from one type of chocolate to the other type, there are guidelines you can follow: chocolate, consisting of non-fatty solids from the cocoa contain a lot of antioxidants. So any kind of chocolate has the highest percentage of flavonoids? The kind that has the highest levels is a natural cocoa powder (not Dutch cocoa because cocoa alkaline). The second highest in flavonoids type is non-sweetened chocolate baked goods. Dark chocolate and chocolate chips and sweetened half there in third place, milk chocolate and chocolate syrup in the bottom of the list. Keep in mind, that the levels of flavonoids in the types of chocolate can vary on the basis of: Selected cocoa beans. Processing beans and chocolate. Storage and handling conditions. Maybe in the near future, will be included on the flavonoid intake of chocolate products that contain every kind.