Saturday, November 27, 2010

Chocolate Making Life Better Health

Brown (or chocolate in the Great Dictionary of Indonesian), the food is much preferred. Imagine when chewed or sipping a glass of hot chocolate or enjoy with a layer of chocolate cake would make a lot of people can not wait to do it. Not just as a snack for a child, but chocolate also enjoyed many 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 that these foods have a lot of the audience? Is chocolate is harmful to health food?
History of Chocolate The botanists agree that chocolate or cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao) is grown in the Amazon region and the valley Orinoko in South America thousands of years ago. Mayans who first cultivate cacao tree. This habit is also brought when they moved to the plains of Yucatan. Aztec nation and then introduce a bitter chocolate as a beverage. Cocoa beans mixed with corn or grapes that have been fermented and then served in cups made of gold. Aztec emperor named Montezuma has a habit of drinking chocolate more than 50 cups of cocoa per day. The Spanish colonizers named Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) when colonizing the region initially interested in gold than the contents of the cup chocolate drinks. But he also observed that the Aztec Nation, cocoa or chocolate is also used as seed money. Therefore, he immediately set up some chocolate plantations. Plantation known as "brown gold" was developed and the results are popular, so the Spanish control the trade of cocoa in the 18th century. Then the chocolate was introduced to mainland Europe and made a cake mix ingredients. In the mid-19th century, the Swiss started to develop and market chocolate as a snack. So brown that used only as a beverage and then developed into snack that melts on the tongue. Switzerland also became famous as the best chocolate producing countries. Then a smart entrepreneurs like Hershey, Kohler, Lindt, Nestlé, Peter, Suchard and Tobler them into brand-name now-famous chocolate make a great contribution to industrial chocolate. They found the engine more efficient processing of cocoa and chocolate processing methods to find better.
Brown to Blonde Sex and Love The reason why many people give chocolate to people dearest is because chocolate is often regarded as the food of love. This is because chocolate has a texture that is soft and will melt slowly in your mouth when dikulum. This gives the impression of sensual for those who eat them. Also, chocolate can give the effect of comfortable, relaxed and can enhance sexual arousal. Generated a sense of comfort after enjoying chocolate is not just a feeling, because chocolate contains a substance that enables hundreds of chemical reactions in the brain. Substances that stimulate active serotonin in the brain which in turn will trigger a feeling of comfort a person. In addition, most substances contained in chocolate is theobromine which can stimulate 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 is to relieve cough. Also contains phenylethylamine which helps the absorption in the brain and produce dopamine, which would lead to feelings of joy, increase the sense of interest and can lead to feelings of love. That's another reason why chocolate is often given as gifts of love.
Chocolate for Health Benefits Chocolate containing cocoa (chocolate beans) are more than 70% also have benefits for health, because chocolate is rich in the antioxidant content of phenols and flavonoids. With the presence of antioxidants, will be able to capture free radicals in the body. The amount of the antioxidant content is even 3 times more than green tea, drink very often regarded as a source of antioxidants. With the presence of antioxidants, making the chocolate into one health drink. Phenol, an antioxidant capable of reducing cholesterol in the blood so it can reduce your risk of heart attack are also useful to prevent cancer in the body, preventing the occurrence of stroke and high blood. In addition, the fat content in chocolate high quality proven cholesterol-free and does not clog arteries. Chocolate also contains some vitamins are useful for the body such as vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin C, vitamin D, and vitamin E. In addition, chocolate also contains substances and nutrients essential for the body such as iron, potassium and calcium. Cocoa itself is the highest natural source of magnesium. If someone is magnesium deficiency, can cause hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, joint pain and problems that a woman's 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 to prevent premature aging, so do not be surprised if at this time developed a very good chocolate body scrub for skin beauty.
Most Healthy Chocolate Types Many types of chocolate are available in the market. There are expensive, some are cheap. What are the differences? Here is a comparison type of chocolate and benefits of each.

    
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Dark Chocolate
      
Dark Chocolate contains cocoa beans (cocoa), the highest of at least 70% containing cocoa. Dark chocolate contains cocoa or chocolate beans ever, without a lot of sugar and no trans fats or hydrogenated vegetable oils (HVO).
    
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White Chocolate
      
While white chocolate has only 33% content of chocolate or cocoa, the rest is sugar, milk and vanilla. The content of this sugar which can give negative effects, such as tooth decay and diabetes.
    
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Milk Chocolate or Chocolate Milk
      
Milk chocolate or chocolate milk is a mixture of cocoa with milk and sugar added. This type of chocolate is also very popular because it tastes delicious.

Any careful Eat Chocolate Mistakes are often made when selecting chocolate is to choose a chocolate "branded" a cheap or very cheap. Thus has a cocoa content of chocolate (cocoa beans) are on average slightly less than 20%, some even less than 7%. This type of chocolate also contains high sugar, high saturated fat content and other evils such as hydrogenated vegetable oils (HVO), resulting in tooth damage 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 pralines are also just as bad. Wherever possible choose a chocolate with a little sugar content so you can enjoy the great benefits that have chocolate. You will feel the benefits if you are consuming chocolate containing cocoa or chocolate beans is high. Enjoy your chocolate!

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