Some Wonderful Benefits of Eating Chocolate
June 27th, 2016
Chocolate is probably the most eaten and most liked sweet among the international populous. Old and young, rich and poor, girls and boys alike, everyone and everybody crave chocolate for its unique taste and aroma. There is something special about the chocolate, maybe its smoothness, maybe its aroma or maybe it’s just the look of it that makes even the strongest willed person long for some more.
Due to its addictive and obsessing nature, we were always taught as kids that eating chocolate is very bad for our health. It spoils our teeth, upsets your stomach and makes us fat. But what if we tell you that eating chocolate can actually be pretty beneficial for your mind and your body? So, much so, that you will probably pick up the phone and order some chocolates by post immediately.
Following are some of the health benefits of eating chocolates.
Good for your mind……
A study in mid 1970s in America with a pool of more than a thousand people was conducted to study the mental abilities and cognitive soundness of different people. The study indicated that the men/women who have had chocolate at least once per week were sounder cognitively than those eating no chocolate at all. Moreover, chocolate tends to affect our brain in such a way that benefits us in the following ways:
❖ Eating chocolates can make us happy by increasing the generation of feel good hormones known as endorphin.
❖ Chocolates improve the blood flow to the brain as a result the memorizing power, problem solving capability and the reaction time is boosted.
❖ Chocolates have a large amount of antioxidants that protect our brain from the free radicals that are inhaled along with oxygen and transported to our brain through blood vessels.
❖ Chocolates help you with your studies by increasing your power to focus on a given task.
❖ The magnesium content of chocolate is considerably higher than our normal diet, an now how is that helpful? Magnesium works as an anti stress agent and helps relieve stress.
❖ Chocolate helps develop good bacteria in your intestine- these good bacteria work as antioxidants and help prevent brain damage by free radicals and prevent disease such as dementia.
….. And great for your body
Dark chocolates having large amount of cocoa means it contains a great percentage of fiber, iron, magnesium, copper, magnesium and other vital and important minerals. Some great effects of these components are:
❖ Chocolate contains flavanols that help in stimulating endothelium, thus improving the blood flow. The increased blood flow means lower blood pressure, which helps us cope with tension and anxiety.
❖ Chocolate helps protect us against heart diseases and risks of heart failure. It decreases the amount of LDL cholesterol and increases HDL levels and increases insulin sensitivity.
❖ It has been observed from the study that there was a great reduction in the likeliness of a heart diseases among the people who ate chocolate regularly.
As a result of all these benefits of eating chocolate, modern doctors have been encouraging people to eat it. Thus, we can see that chocolate is ubiquitous, no matter where you go, you can find chocolate in every corner of world. So do not rethink twice, the next time you feel like eating a chocolate bar, you can easily order chocolates online. You can now even give chocolates to your best friends for their birthdays without a second thought.