Enhance Your Health In These 9 Great Ways By Eating Dark Chocolate

By Justin French


1.70% dark chocolate has been shown in recent studies to cut dangers of cardiovascular disease by 50% and reduce the risks of stroke, Alzheimer's and diabetes.

2. Bacteria in your intestines break dark chocolate down into ant-inflammatory compounds that reduce 'clumping' of blood. This reduces the chances of a clot that could cause stroke.

3. A report summarizing the results of 20 different studies on the benefits of dark chocolate, showed that participants blood pressure was lowered by some 3 to 4 points after regularly eating dark chocolate.

4.You don't have to be old and sick to benefit. Young and healthy men in their 20's reported a blood flow increase of between 14% and 23%.

5. Eating dark chocolate can increase the HDL or good cholesterol in your blood, thus lowering any bad cholesterol (LDL).

6. The benefits of eating dark chocolate seem endless! Diabetics were shown in one recent study to obtain improved insulin sensitivity, further, it showed the same insulin sensitivity improvement in non-diabetics too.

7. 70% dark chocolate could even protect your teeth as it contains Theobromine, which can harden tooth enamel.

8. Your skin could be protected from sun damage by the flavonols you consume in dark chocolate.

9. A substance released by the brain called phenylethylamine is responsible for helping you feel happy and relaxed. This substance has been shown to increase on eating dark chocolate stimulating the production of the feel good hormones.

Advice On Choosing Chocolate

You don't want the milky, Mars Bars variety. Buy instead chocolates that are clearly labelled 70% or higher. They're not as sweet but you might find you acquire a taste for them.




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