Dark chocolate benefits
I like to eat chocolate, but I also afraid of getting fat & eating too much sweet & sugary foods. So to satisfy my crave for chocolate, I choose more for dark chocolates nowadays.
We all know chocolate has lots of benefits, dark chocolate coz it is made more from pure chocolate, therefore it contains more ingredients.
Some benefits are:
It makes a person feel good. It stimulates the body to produce endorphins. It also contains substances that act as stimulants, making a person feel more alert and ready for action. It even contains a substance called serotonin, which can help to prevent depression.
Dark chocolate contains antioxidants, we all know antioxidants is one of the substance to prevent / slowing aging, prevent cancer and those anomaly cell breaking. It was claimed that dark chocolate contains more antioxidants than fruit such as strawberry.
Dark chocolate also was said help to lower cholesterol. It can reduce the bad type of cholesterol, referred to as LDL.
The other compound found in dark chocolate called phenols is claimed to be able to help lowering high blood pressure.
So, still scared eating chocolate ? Not to me, I’ve never scared eating chocolate no matter what the effect, it’s just very fortunate chocolate has more good than the bad effects.
Enjoy your dark chocolate!