Health Benefits Of Eating Chocolate

The melting point of chocolate is
slightly below the body
temperature of the human being,
meaning it melts in your mouth;
this is part of the pleasure of
eating chocolate. The release of
serotonin in the brain has also
been linked to eating chocolate
and is thought to produce feelings
of pleasure. Heroin addicts have
been shown to an elevated liking
for chocolate; this may be due to
the fact that it triggers the
release of dopamine in the brains
reinforcement system. This is an
effect not unlike the one caused
by opium, even though it is legal.
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Studies in recent years seem to
point to cocoa and dark chocolate
possessing certain benefits to
human health. A rich source of
flavonoids epicatechin and gallic
acid, is one of the advantages to
dark chocolate with it high cocoa
content, these flavonoids are
thought to provide
cardioprotective properties.
Cocoa has significant antioxidant
action, and research has shown
that eating antioxidant-rich foods
helps reduce damage to cells from
free radicals. Slowing down,
preventing or even reversing some
diseases that are caused from
cellular damage, (it may even have
the benefit of slowing the aging
process.) It protects against LDL
oxidation. (LDLs transport
cholesterol to arteries and high
levels of oxidation has been
associated with arteriosclerosis,
heart attack, stroke and
peripheral vascular disease.)
Modest reductions in blood
pressure and flow-mediated
dilation have been shown when
about 100g of dark chocolate is
eaten daily.
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The Chocolate Diet was one of the
fad diets, emphasizing eating
chocolate and cocoa powder in
capsules. But consuming milk
chocolate or white chocolate, or
drinking milk with dark chocolate
seems to negate the benefits to
human health. As a calorie-rich
food high in fat content daily
consumption of chocolate requires
dieters to reduce calories in
other foods.
An increased risk of certain
cancers has been shown in several
population studies among those who
eat sweet junk foods like
chocolate, but eating
flavonoid-rich dark chocolate has
not been shown to affect the risk
of cancer one way of another.
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