CHOCOLATE – HEART MEDICINE
diseases, according to a study realized by a team of Swiss researchers. The
Swiss researchers say that the anti-oxidants from chocolate could prevent
the blood veins to become smaller and less wide.
The research team came to this conclusion after testing on a group of
20 volunteers, which were smokers without health problems. The subjects
were asked not to eat any types of aliments rich in anti-oxidants such as
apples, onion and cabbage and after that they were given 40 grams of
different types of chocolate.
Two hours after consuming the chocolate, the echo-graph showed that
black chocolate, with a cocoa percent of at least 74%, significantly
improved the blood flow. Additionally, ulterior tests showed that the risk
of encountering blood accidents and blockages has been decreased to half of
the initial risk. However, white chocolate did not achieve similar effects.
The researches that performed the study say that dark chocolate contain the
biggest quantity of anti-oxidants for one gram than any other products like
red vine, green tea or forests fruits.
Chocolate is indeed an aliment that has many anti-oxidant elements in
it. But it also contains fats and glucoses in huge quantities. So, it can
cause weight problems if excessively consumed.
The best thing to do is to adjust your chocolate portion to your
actual weight and to the amount of physical effort you make everyday.
Persons that are involved in a great deal of effort can consume chocolate
without fearing weight problems. But the ones that don’t, like people
working in offices, sitting all day on a chair and not doing any kind of
sports are confronted with a big problem if they eat too much chocolate. If
the organism doesn’t call for sweets, like it does when we are cold, tired
or worn out, then the chocolate use should be reduced to a minimal portion
a day.