Chocolate

 

 Chocolate

Chocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma caca tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America, with its earliest documented use around 1100 BC.

Chocolate has become one of the most popular food types and flavors in the world. Gifts of chocolate molded into different shapes have become traditional on certain holidays: chocolate bunnies and eggs are popular on Easter, chocolate coins on Hanukkah, Santa Claus and other holiday symbols on Christmas, and chocolate hearts or chocolate in heart-shaped boxes on Valentine's Day. Chocolate is also used in cold and hot beverages, to produce chocolate milk and hot chocolate. Around three quarters of the world's cacao bean production takes place in West Africa.

Chocolate Tree

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Chocolate soup

 Chocolate Gifts


The benefit of Chocolates
1. The chocolates reduce high Blood Pressure due to presence of Flavonoids in cacao, which balances the blood pressure and also decreases the blot clotting. The chocolates are used in intensive hyperactive drugs.
2. It is high on improving the flow of blood to the key regions of the brain for about two to three hours in a continuous form after eating chocolates. Thus help in decreasing tiredness, ageing effects and sleepiness.
3. According to MSNBC, the chocolates are best in giving boost to the moods. The caffeine presence eases the symptoms of premenstrual.
4. It can avoid the damage of cells.
5. The pure dark chocolate is helpful in improving and balancing the blood sugar levels.
6. Eating few squares or slabs of chocolate can decrease the risk of heart attacks or can decrease the chances of death by a heart attack by over 50%.
7. According to a study, a person having chronic fatigue syndrome after eating 1.5 ounce of chocolate feels easiness.
8. It is beneficial in lowering the LDL cholesterol and raising the HDL cholesterol.
9. It increases the metabolism of the blood sugar in one's body which further reduces the chances of diabetes.
10. As per the UK study, Theobromine component of cocoa is affective in giving an ease to a persistent cough as it opens the airways of the lungs.