Chocolate is one of the sweets most loved by consumers. The common chocolates on the market include dark chocolate, white chocolate, milk chocolate and sandwich chocolate, which can not only quickly provide heat for the body, but also satisfy the taste buds. In a word, eating chocolate properly is good for your health. You might as well learn about its benefits.
Dark chocolate is hard and slightly bitter. It generally refers to chocolate with cocoa solid content between 70% and 99%, or milk content less than 12%. Eating dark chocolate can improve the antioxidant level of the body and has a significant effect on health.
What are the benefits of eating chocolate?
1. Help relieve stress
Natural chocolate can improve bad mood and relieve stress in a short time. Especially in the process of eating chocolate, both the taste and the rustling sound of packaging can help decompress. The study found that the human body's response to stress can be divided into two stages: one is the tension when the human body mobilizes reserves; The second is to supplement the used reserves, especially glucose. After experiencing high tension, people have a strong demand for sweets, which is a response to stress. It may also be the stimulation produced by endorphins, or parents always comfort with sweets in early childhood, resulting in conditioned reflex. Therefore, when pressure is high, many people like to eat sweets. Eating a piece of natural chocolate can quickly alleviate bad emotions.
Foods containing carbohydrates can promote the brain to produce serotonin, a hormone that makes people happy, but it doesn't last long. The sweet taste of chocolate, the rustling sound when opening the package, and the feeling of silky chocolate melting on the tongue stimulate positive emotions and make people feel comforted temporarily.
2. Help digestion and lose weight
Eating chocolate correctly not only won't make you fat, but also has a certain weight loss effect. Because chocolate has high calories, it can improve the metabolic rate and help reduce the fat content. Under the same conditions, compared with people who don't eat chocolate, people who often eat chocolate have lower fat content in all parts of the body.
3. Prevent colds
Research has found that the sweetness of chocolate can reduce the risk of catching a cold. Because chocolate contains a theobromine, which is beneficial to the nervous system and can also help stop coughing. It also contains a substance that can increase the content of serotonin in the brain, make people feel happy temporarily and relieve tension.
4. Beauty
Dark chocolate contains a kind of flavonoids, which are antioxidants. They can help absorb ultraviolet rays, promote skin blood circulation, alleviate dandruff and spots caused by sun exposure, moisturize the skin, make the skin smoother and more delicate, and have the effect of beauty and beauty. In addition, chocolate also contains antioxidant vitamins, which can delay the speed of skin aging and maintain a young state; Calcium and magnesium can also improve microcirculation.
5. Protect the heart
Dark chocolate contains flavonoids, which are natural antioxidants. They can avoid arteriosclerosis, improve myocardial activity, relax tense muscles, and avoid the deposition of bad cholesterol on the blood vessel wall. Therefore, eating dark chocolate appropriately can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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