Benefits of Chocolate

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You avoid eating chocolate, for fear of getting fat or spotty? If you eat dark chocolate, not to worry. According to various studies, chocolate is actually beneficial to health.

Brown has a distinctive sweet taste, thus making these foods are consumed almost everyone in the world. Most of the content of chocolate, consisting of various types of substances such as the following:

     14% carbohydrate content
     9% protein (consisting of protein substances, phenylalanine, tryptophan and tyrosine amino acids)
     31% fat
     other substances, such as alkanoid (a substance that causes the bitter chocolate)

The possible health benefits of chocolate because it contains antioxidant compounds called flavonoids. Chocolate comes from the cocoa plant, and cocoa flavanols is extraordinary rich, the type of flavonoid phytochemicals.

1. Improve Insulin Production

Researchers in Italy recently, conducted a study of 15 people to consume 3 ounces of dark chocolate or white chocolate in the same amount, which does not contain flavonoid phytochemicals for 15 days. Then the results of this research indicate that insulin resistance (a risk factor for diabetes) significantly decreased in those who ate dark chocolate.

2. Influencing Increased Blood Flow

Related to the above study, the results also found systolic blood pressure (the first number in a blood pressure reading), measured every day and also lower in the group eating dark chocolate. This flavonoid substances act as natural antioxidants from chocolate. These same antioxidants also found in the benefits of wine.

3. Reduce the Risk of Heart Attack
A researcher at John Hopkins University School of Medicine. In the study, dark chocolate can reduce the risk of heart attacks nearly 50%, says Diane Becker, MPH, ScD. This is related to clotting platelets in the blood is slower in people who eat chocolate than in those who did not. This is important because when experiencing clotting platelets can form and block blood clots in the vessels of this which then can lead to heart attacks.
4. Lose Weight
In contrast to the benefits of fruits which are known well for maintaining weight, eating chocolate became frightened itself for people who are doing a diet. In the study conducted by the University of Copenhagen have resulted in the discovery that dark chocolate provides more satiety feeling like the benefits of guava and apple benefits, rather than the white chocolate. This means effective enough to help you lose weight.

5. Protection Sunlight

Protection against the sun's rays has been studied by researchers of London regarding flavanol content. Tests conducted for 3 months by eating chocolate, which was to develop that reddening effect that indicates the beginning of burns. But the low flavanol cocoa do not get the same sun protection.

6. Overcoming Diarrhea

Kabanyakan we only know the number of plants that provide support for the treatment of diarrhea as the benefits of guava leaves. Though the cultural history of South America and Europe since the 16th century, providing treatment of diarrhea with cocoa. Later this was confirmed by modern science research. Scientists at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute found that flavonoids in cocoa, will be binding protein that regulates fluid secretion in the small intestine and potentially stop the diarrhea.

7. Increase Intelligence

If you are in a situation work projects, which provide enough pressure, it is better to consume dark chocolate. Brown will not only help reduce the effects of stress on the environment, but will also improve brain power when it was really needed. This condition is found by researchers from a University of Nottingham, who found that drinking flavanol-rich cocoa influential in increasing blood flow to key parts of the brain for 2 to 3 hours. This can improve performance and alertness oak tdalam short term.

8. Good For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

In a small study in the UK, about 1 1/2 ounces of 85% cocoa dark chocolate given to a group of adults with chronic fatigue syndrome every day for eight weeks. In the study, which has been submitted for publication, the participants reported feeling less after eating chocolate. Surprisingly, no weight gain in groups of people, according to researcher Steve Atkin, PhD. Researchers believe that chocolate increases the action of neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, which helps regulate mood and sleep, but it still needs to do more research to confirm the benefits of chocolate.

In addition to eight main benefit of the above, the chocolate also have an impact on other health on the human body, here are some of them.

     Preventing heart disease
     Lowering blood pressure
     lowering cholesterol
     anti-depressants
     Low fat content
     Improve blood circulation
     Avoiding chronic fatigue
     retard aging
     Brown eye health.
     Chocolate reduces the risk of cancer.
     Chocolate can soften the skin.
     Brown helps us to lose weight.
     Chocolate is very good for Brain Health
     anti Depression

Consume chocolate as needed. So that not only chocolate pleasure we feel, but the benefits of chocolate itself can be obtained.