Chocolate is made from plants which means it contains many of the health benefits of dark vegetables. These benefits are from flavonoids which act as anti-oxidants. Dark chocolate contains a large number of anti-oxidants (nearly eight times the number found in strawberries). Flavonoids also help relax blood pressure through the production of nitric oxide, and balance certain homones in the body.
Dark chocolate is good for your heart. A small bar of it everyday can help keep your heart and cardiovascular system running well. Two heart health benefits of dark chocolate are:
*Lower blood pressure. Studies have shown that consuming a small bar of dark chocolate everyday can reduce blood pressure inindividuals with high blood pressure.
*Lower Cholesterol. Dark chocolate has also been shown to reduce LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) by up to 10 percent.
Other benefits of dark chocolate:
IT TASTES GOOD!
IT STIMULATES ENDORPHIN PRODUCTION, WHICH GIVES A FEELING OF PLEASURE!
IT CONTAINS SEROTONIN, WHICH ACTS AS AN ANTI-DEPRESSANT!
IT CONTAINS THEOBROMINE CAFFEINE AND OTHER SUBSTANCES WHICH ARE STIMULANTS!
Here is some other good news. Some of the fats in chocolate do not impacts your cholesterol. The fats in chocolate are one-third oleic acid, one-third stearic acid and one-third palmitic acid.
Oleic acid is a healthy monounsaturated fat this is also found in olive oil.
Stearic acid is a saturated fat but one which research shows has a neutral effect on cholesterol.
Palmitic acid is also a saturated fat, one which raises cholesterol and heart disease risk.
THAT MEANS ONLY ONE-THIRD OF THE FAT IN DARK CHOCOLATE IS BAD FOR YOU.
One bar of dark chocolate has around 400 calories. If you eat half a bar of chocolate a day, you must balance those 200 calories by eating less of something else.
Dark chocolate is good for your heart. A small bar of it everyday can help keep your heart and cardiovascular system running well. Two heart health benefits of dark chocolate are:
*Lower blood pressure. Studies have shown that consuming a small bar of dark chocolate everyday can reduce blood pressure inindividuals with high blood pressure.
*Lower Cholesterol. Dark chocolate has also been shown to reduce LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) by up to 10 percent.
Other benefits of dark chocolate:
IT TASTES GOOD!
IT STIMULATES ENDORPHIN PRODUCTION, WHICH GIVES A FEELING OF PLEASURE!
IT CONTAINS SEROTONIN, WHICH ACTS AS AN ANTI-DEPRESSANT!
IT CONTAINS THEOBROMINE CAFFEINE AND OTHER SUBSTANCES WHICH ARE STIMULANTS!
Here is some other good news. Some of the fats in chocolate do not impacts your cholesterol. The fats in chocolate are one-third oleic acid, one-third stearic acid and one-third palmitic acid.
Oleic acid is a healthy monounsaturated fat this is also found in olive oil.
Stearic acid is a saturated fat but one which research shows has a neutral effect on cholesterol.
Palmitic acid is also a saturated fat, one which raises cholesterol and heart disease risk.
THAT MEANS ONLY ONE-THIRD OF THE FAT IN DARK CHOCOLATE IS BAD FOR YOU.
One bar of dark chocolate has around 400 calories. If you eat half a bar of chocolate a day, you must balance those 200 calories by eating less of something else.
I do not want you to gain weight. I just want you to be healthy and happy.
I eat one Dove square of dark chocolate made by Mars Candy Company every day at lunch time and have not gained any weight. I simply love chocolate and always have.
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