Do you know that eating dark chocolate is good for your heart? Isn't that wonderful?
I just had to share this bit of information with you when I came across it.
Dark chocolate which is bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate, is good for your heart.
How? Why is it good?
Eating dark chocolate helps to lower the cholesterol and blood pressure levels thereby reducing the risk of getting heart diseases. It reduces the Low Density Lipoprotein cholesterol, which is commonly known as bad cholesterol
Furthermore, high blood pressure is significantly lowered due to the flavonoids in cocoa, a basic ingredient of chocolate. The flavonoids produce Nitric Oxide which helps the body to relax its blood pressure and also keeps the body fats from blocking the arteries.
These flavonoids also contain antioxidants that have been known to reduce the risk of cancer.
This dark chocolate has more antioxidants compared to a milk chocolate or any other white chocolate since it has at least 65 percent of cocoa for or even higher. These antioxidants are essential so that the body can fight free radicals that cause heart ailments and other types of diseases.
Some findings have indicated that chocolate brings about blood thinning, similar to the effects of a small dose of aspirin. This helps the free flow of blood in the system and reduces the risk of blood clots . However, one must not consider substituting aspirin with chocolate!!
Eating a small bar every day will help keep the cardiovascular system working well.
So go ahead and have your dark chocolate. It's good for you.
I love dark chocolate but I allow myself just four little squares after dinner.
More on dark chocolate in the next post so be seeing you!
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