tirsdag den 13. december 2011

Chocolate and your heart

A lot of articles in health magazines and advertising has published that chocolate should be healthy for your body - what a miracle. The dark chocolate is the healthiest chocolate, it is basicly because the dark chocolate consist of natural nutriens from the cocoa plant and a small amount of anything else. Scientists has recently figured that dark chocolate sctually can prevent the blood flow in our body and reducing our blood pressure. The high ammount of a specific type of antioxidants, which is plant based compounds - also found in red wine and green tea - is the key to heart health because these antioxidants - called flavanols stops the activity of unstable molecules which basicly do your cholesterol worse.
Simplified; chocolate gives a healthier flow to your blood which helps you to stay away from disease. No - of course you cannot avoid any heart disease because you eat dark chocolate, but it can certanly help you and your body to stay intact.

So get out there, find your favorite dark piece and be nice to yourself and have a bite or two every day.

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