One of the most recurring childhood nostalgias is that of eating sweets as we please. More than a sigh I have listened to my friends, also to me and they keep my secret, in front of the chocolates that with more or less suggestive wrappers are sold in kiosks, markets, stores, drugstores…
But that always comes to mind that chocolate is fattening and we end up looking away to less tempting items. Browsing the internet, I have been surprised by various pieces of information, which will be comfort or excuse for many women, and they all conclude that the consumption of chocolate, far from being harmful to health, can also be a source of well-being.
Chocolate makes you fat but is a source of well-being
- Gustatory pleasures aside, chocolate is one of the great and true treasures found by the Spanish in America. Its chemical composition makes it rich in allied substances in the fight against sadness, anxiety and irritability, thanks to its content of theobromine, caffeine and theophylline, components that have diuretic effects and stimulate physiological actions including those of the nervous and circulatory system and They can even remove the cough.
- Biochemical studies also allow us to talk about the essential amino acids that it provides, among which are tryptophan that favors the production of serotonin or the so-called neurotransmitter of happiness; anandamine, a compound that activates brain receptors that produce pleasure and mental lucidity and also contains stearic acid, a fatty substance that quickly desaturates into oleic acid and helps to eliminate bad cholesterol.
- 6 percent of cocoa is dietary fiber and that helps intestinal function and also contains polyphenols, antioxidant substances that delay the atherosclerotic process, the appearance of some types of cancer and stimulate the production of prostacilins, an antihypertensive substance.
The harmful of chocolate
- As if this were not enough, the cocoa bean provides potassium, phosphorus and magnesium. The latter is attributed the ability to improve the female mood, especially in the premenstrual period. It also gives the body iron, calcium, zinc, copper, chromium, vitamins E, B1 and B2.
- What is detrimental to chocolate is then in the mixture or combination of cocoa with sugars, flavorings, colorings… and other additives that the industry uses in the process of making sweets.
