Hello SoWal,
Almost everyone loves chocolate. The good news is that dark chocolate is good for your heart. A small bar of it everyday can help keep your heart and cardiovascular system running well. Two of the health benefits of dark chocolate are:
Lower Blood Pressure: Studies have shown that consuming a small bar of dark chocolate everyday can reduce blood pressure in individuals with high blood pressure.
Lower Cholesterol: Dark chocolate has also been shown to reduce LDL (bad cholesterol) by up to 10%.
Other benefits apart from protecting your heart include:
It stimulates endorphin production, which gives a feeling of pleasure.
It contains serotonin, which acts as an antidepressant.
It tastes so good!
This information doesn?t mean that you can eat a pound of chocolate everyday day. It still is a high calorie / high fat food. But, you can have about 3.5 ounces (100 grams) of dark chocolate a day to get the benefits.
WOW! What a great excuse to enjoy chocolate everyday.
Bon App?tit and have a great day!
Almost everyone loves chocolate. The good news is that dark chocolate is good for your heart. A small bar of it everyday can help keep your heart and cardiovascular system running well. Two of the health benefits of dark chocolate are:
Lower Blood Pressure: Studies have shown that consuming a small bar of dark chocolate everyday can reduce blood pressure in individuals with high blood pressure.
Lower Cholesterol: Dark chocolate has also been shown to reduce LDL (bad cholesterol) by up to 10%.
Other benefits apart from protecting your heart include:
It stimulates endorphin production, which gives a feeling of pleasure.
It contains serotonin, which acts as an antidepressant.
It tastes so good!
This information doesn?t mean that you can eat a pound of chocolate everyday day. It still is a high calorie / high fat food. But, you can have about 3.5 ounces (100 grams) of dark chocolate a day to get the benefits.
WOW! What a great excuse to enjoy chocolate everyday.
Bon App?tit and have a great day!
