As you must know chocolate contains essential elements and nutrients
such as iron, calcium and potassium, and vitamins
A, B1, C, D and E.
Cocoa powder is also the highest natural source for Magnesium, its
deficiency is linked with hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, joint
problems and pre-menstrual tension.
It is a pre-menstrual drop in progesterone levels which is responsible
for the violent mood swings familiar to so many women and their
families, adding magnesium to a diet has been proved to increase
pre-menstrual progesterone levels, reducing or eliminating the problem.
There are benefits for men too, as well as the high magnesium content,
beneficial for the heart and hypertension, the fat in high quality
plain chocolate can be considered
cholesterol free, as studies indicate
it does not fur up the arteries or contribute to high cholesterol
levels. Chocolate is good for our mental health, it contains seratonin
and phenylethylamine both are mood lifting agents found naturally in
the human brain and released when we are feeling happy or in love.
Chocolate is also an excellent nutritional source, a single chocolate
chip can provide enough energy for the average man to walk about one
hundred and seventy feet or fifty metres. For nearly one hundred years
the British and many other Armed Forces around the world have issued
soldiers with ''Iron Rations'' of chocolate containing very high levels
of cocoa solids for use in emergencies. Even Napoleon carried chocolate
with him on campaigns.
Chocolates, both the commercial variety and, sadly, many hand made
chocolate varieties, are one of the worst culprits, with centers
consisting almost exclusively of flavored commercially produced Fondant
and Pralines - Fondant is virtually 100% sugar and Pralines aren''t much
better.
If you love chocolate and chocolates, there is good stuff out there and
it is getting more plentiful by the day, as chocolate lovers become
more and more
discerning and demand for the real thing grows. For the
healthiest way to eat chocolate and satisfy a craving, you just have to
be more discerning over what you buy.Write your abstract here.