Chocolate Health Benefits

Real chocolate is recognized as having many qualities, which are beneficial for health. By the 'real chocolate' I actually mean chocolate having Cocoa, Milk Solids, Sugar, Lethicin, Vanilla, and nothing else.

Chocolate has high levels of helpful chemicals as well as antidioxants like Seratonin, Pentamer, Phenylethylaminea, and flavonoids. It is high in the essential trace elements, minerals as well as vitamins like calcium, iron, vitamins A. B1, C, D, E and potassium as well as other nutrients. Cocoa powder is highest identified natural source of the Magnesium.

Because it has Seratonin plus Phenylethylamine, chocolate is good for the mental health. All these substances are 'mood-lifting' agents that are released naturally in our system by human brain whenever we feel happy or we are in love. Eating chocolate will release Seratonin & Phenylethylamine in system, thus, when we feel down or else depressed chocolate will provide 'lift', immediately improving mental state.

Studies indicate that chemical that is found in the chocolate named Pentamer help will protect against the cancer.

Chocolate is high in the anidioxants in form of flavanoids and found in very less amounts in fruit, tea, and red wine, and studies also indicate that they protect heart plus arteries from the damage by radicals. Magnesium deficiency is been linked with heart disease, hypertension, joint problems, diabetes, and premenstrual problems, or known as the PMT and PMS. This state is been caused by premenstrual drop in the progesterone levels as well as this precipitates violent mood swings that is familiar to lots of women. Adding magnesium to diet is proved to increase the premenstrual progesterone levels, and helping to decrease and eliminate this problem.

There are advantages for men as well, and high Magnesium or flavanoids content that are all beneficial for heart, arteries as well as hypertension, and studies indicate that cocoa butter in high-quality chocolate, though technically 'saturated fat', doesn’t fur up arteries and contribute to the high cholesterol levels.