The Benefits of Consuming Healthy Dark Chocolate
Healthy
hot chocolate could bring benefits for you
especially dark chocolate. JAMA study stated that it could reduce the blood
pressure. It has been proven in study since 2007 that dark chocolate is a
healthy chocolate could impact blood pressure even could lower the amount of
plaque which will lead to other problems such as stroke and atherosclerosis.
Basically, dark chocolate itself rich of antioxidants which could be found in
vegetables and fruits. In fact, the other chocolates’ calories and fat can make
it unhealthy. In order to prevent it, there are some information you can read
on this article.
Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate
Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate
How could dark chocolate reduce blood pressure?
Healthy blood pressure or hypertension could be reduced by consuming dark chocolate. Based
on the study, in 18 weeks dark chocolate could lower the blood pressure for the
people who consume it. Whereas, at the first time all of the eaters are
diagnosed as hypertension or upper – range of prehypertension patients and at
the end of the study, all of the participants who diagnosed to have
hypertension they had a lower blood pressure.
The same study also conducted within the result that people who consume
white chocolate for around 18 weeks had no effect related to blood pressure. It
means that by consuming dark chocolate of course it is a natural way to cure
hypertension. The reason is because of the cocoa flavonols in the dark
chocolate which also found in vegetables, fruits, tea and red wine which then
works and make the eaters get the benefits of healthy dark chocolate.
What other advantages I get by consuming dark chocolate?
Heart disease also could be reduced by
consuming dark chocolate. Based on the study in Spain’s University of
Barcelona, people who have a high risk toward heart disease got less “serum
inflammatory biomarkers” which is related to atherosclerosis. For four weeks
they have to drink skimmed milk with cocoa powder and the result is supported
by another research done by American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that showed
cocoa could help patients with atherosclerosis as the main actor of heart disease.
Surprisingly, dark chocolate also helpful to reduce stroke because of cocoa
flavonols that makes chocolate being a healthy drink. As stated by Harvard
Women’s Health Watch in February 2010 that dark chocolate has nonfat cocoa
solids and cocoa butter and removing its bitter taste however could reduce the
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