Chocolate Making Healthier Life

Wednesday, December 9, 2009



Chocolate (or chocolate in the Great Dictionary of Indonesian), food is much preferred. Imagine when chewed or sipped a glass of hot chocolate or enjoy a layer cake with chocolate would make a lot of people can not wait to do it. Not just as a snack for a child, but also enjoyed chocolate adults. In fact, chocolate is often used as a gift for someone dear. Why is chocolate considered a sign of love with someone? Any substance contained in chocolate so they have a lot of audience? Is chocolate the food dangerous to health?

History of Chocolate
The botanists agree that chocolate or cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao) is grown in the Amazon and Orinoco valley in South America for thousands of years ago. The Mayans who first cultivate cacao trees. This habit is also taken when they moved to the plains Yukatan. Then introduced the Aztec nation of bitter chocolate as a beverage. Cocoa beans mixed with corn or fermented wine and served in cups made of gold. Aztec emperors named Montezuma has a habit of drinking chocolate for more than 50 cups of cocoa per day.

The Spanish colonizers named Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) when colonized the area initially interested in the gold cup than it is chocolate. But he also observed that for The Aztecs, cocoa or cocoa beans are also used as money. Because of that, he immediately set up some cocoa. Plantation known as "chocolate gold" was developed and the results favored, so that Spain controlled the trade chocolate in the 18th century. Then Chocolate was introduced to mainland Europe and made the cake mix ingredients.

In the mid-19th century, the Swiss began to develop and market the chocolate as a snack. So chocolate as the beverage was only later evolved into snack that can be melted on the tongue. Switzerland also became known as the best chocolate producing countries.

Then a smart entrepreneurs like Hershey, Kohler, Lindt, Nestlé, Peter, Suchard and Tobler-brand their name to this famous chocolate-making a big contribution to chocolate industry. They found the chocolate processing machinery as well as finding more efficient methods of processing cocoa better.


Chocolate to Blonde Passion Sex and Love
The reason why many people give chocolate to someone dear is that chocolate is often considered a food of love. This is because chocolate has a soft texture and will melt slowly in your mouth when dikulum. This gives the impression sensual for those who eat them. In addition, the effects of chocolate can provide a comfortable, relaxed and can enhance sexual arousal.

Posed comfort after enjoying chocolate is not just feeling it, because chocolate contains a substance that enables hundreds of chemical reactions in the brain. These substances that stimulate active serotonin in the brain which in turn will trigger a feeling of comfort. In addition, most substances contained in chocolate is theobromine which can stimulate the nerves and heart tissue that makes us awake and excited. This effect can also be obtained from the caffeine in coffee or tea. Another benefit of theobromine was able to relieve cough.

Also contains Phenylethylamine which helps the absorption of the brain and produce dopamine which will lead to feelings of joy, increased interest and can lead to feelings of falling in love. That's another reason why chocolate is often given as a gift of love.


Chocolate for Health Benefits
Chocolate that contains cocoa (cocoa beans) more than 70% also have benefits for health, because chocolate is rich in antioxidant content of phenols and flavonoids. With antioxidants, will be able to capture free radicals in the body. The amount of this antioxidant content even 3 times more than green tea, beverages have often regarded as a source of antioxidants.

With antioxidants, making chocolate into a health drink. Phenol, as an antioxidant capable of reducing cholesterol in the blood so that it can reduce the risk of heart attack are also useful to prevent cancer in the body, preventing the occurrence of stroke and high blood. In addition to the chocolate fat content of high quality free cholesterol and clog arteries.

Chocolate also contains some vitamins which are beneficial to the body such as vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin C, vitamin D, and vitamin E. In addition, chocolate also contains substances and nutrients that are essential to the body such as iron, potassium and calcium. Cocoa itself is the highest natural source of magnesium. If a person magnesium deficiency, can cause hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, joint pain and problems of women monthly pre-menstrual (PMS). By eating chocolate will add magnesium in daily nutrient intake that causes increased levels of progesterone in women. This reduces the negative effects of PMS.

Chocolate for Beauty
Other benefits of chocolate is to beauty, because antioxidants and catechins are present in it can prevent premature aging, it is not surprising that currently developing chocolate scrubs very good for skin beauty.

Most Healthy Chocolate Types
Many types of chocolate are available in the market. There's the expensive, some are cheap. What are the differences? Here is a comparison of chocolate and benefits of each.

* Dark Chocolate
Dark Chocolate contain cocoa beans (cocoa) is highest for at least 70% containing cocoa. Dark chocolate has a cocoa content of chocolate and nuts the most, without a lot of sugar and no trans fats or hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO). 

* White Chocolate
While white chocolate has only 33% contain chocolate or cocoa, the rest is sugar, milk and vanilla. This sugar content which can give negative effects, such as tooth decay and diabetes. 

* Milk Chocolate or Chocolate Milk
Milk chocolate or milk chocolate is cocoa mixed with milk and sugar added. This type of chocolate is also very popular because it tastes delicious.


Eat carefully Random Chocolate
Mistakes are often made when selecting chocolate is to choose chocolate "branded" a cheap or very cheap. Chocolate thus contain cocoa (cocoa beans) are a little on average less than 20%, some even less than 7%. This type of chocolate has a high sugar content, high saturated fat content and other vices such as hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO), which causes tooth decay and health problems like diabetes.

Other chocolate products are also dangerous and bad for health, especially in the form of fondant (usually used to decorate cakes) and praline. Fondant actually contains 100% sweetener and praline is also just as bad.

Wherever possible choose chocolate with a little sugar content so you can enjoy the great benefits that has chocolate. You will feel the benefits if you eat chocolate with a cocoa content or higher cocoa beans. Enjoy your chocolate!



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