Health Benefits of Chocolate
Cocoa from Maya zone to the world
Delicious chocolate, it comes out from a tropical plant called cocoa or cocoa tree, native of maya zone, in Campeche, Tabasco and Chiapas Mexico. Why do we like chocolate so much? Wed like to mention all benefits and reasons why chocolate make you happy.
1.- Chocolate prevents heart attack risk in 30%.
2.- Chocolate prevents blood clots in arteries and brain.
Cocoa tree is a malvaceae family's plant native of America in tropical regions. Historians believe cocoa word came out from dialects used aforetime in the maya and olmeca zone in south of Mexico. Today, countries like Ghana and Ivory Coast are the main growers of cocoa in the world.
These are the benefits of cocoa and chocolate
3.- Decreases risk of diabetes in 31%.
4.- Chocolate contains antioxidants, and they are key to prevent fat plates in arteries.
5.- Produces pleasure due chemical reactions in our brain. That make us feel good!
6.- Chocolate supplys us energy, because it contains caffeine and theobromine that increases energy. Black and bitter chocolate is much better.
7.- Reduces stress levels because chocolate works like antidepressant, cocoa contains serotonin.
We know industrialized chocolate is mixed with sugar and others products not good to our health. Therefore wed like to mention that dark chocolate is better, the more cocoa more healthy. Dark chocolate contains high level of cocoa and if you buy packaging chocolate, several brands dont contain sugar.
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