I must admit it... I am chocolate's fan number 1!!! And which woman hasn't conforted with lots of kg of chocolate? You know what I mean, girls!! So, here are a few benefits of chocolate. It's not all about the weight.
1. Healthier heart: many studies evidence that (black) chocolate has cardiovascular benefits
2. It helps you in your diet: dark chocolate is far more filling than you think, so it offers you a satiety feeling.
3. Happier kids: a study with pregnant women who ate chocolate daily their pregnancy reported that they were more able with stress than mother that don't consumed chocolate.
4. Diabetes prevention: chocolate contents flavonoids, which helps to control the insulin sensibility
5. Reduced stress: when very anxious people ate chocolate their stress hormone levels were significantly reduced.
6. Sun protection: thank the flavanols of the chocolate, skin took twice as long to develop that reddening efect that indicates the beginning of a burn.
7. Higher intelligence: it boosts blood flow to key parts of the brain for 2 o 3 hours, improving perfomance and alertness.
8. Cough relief: chocolate quieted coughs almost as well as codeine and supress activity in a part of the brain called the vagus nerve without negative side effects.
9. Diarrhea relief: cocoa flavonoids bind to a protein that regulates fluid secretion in the small intestine.
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