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A Piece of Chocolate A Day Will Help Keep the Doctor Away
Most of us need no excuse to enjoy a daily dose of rich, dark chocolate. For us, there are simply few pleasures that can compare. But just in case you were starting to feel just a slight bit guilty, here’s some good news.
There is more and more evidence each day that seems to indicate that dark chocolate can aid in the prevention and cure of a number of ailments to include;
- High blood pressure
- Diabetes
- Heart Disease
- Certain Cancers and Tumors
- Alzheimers
- Arteriosclerosis
Dark chocolate is high in Antioxidants. In fact, dark chocolate is higher in antioxidants than most fruits, vegetables and grains. It is the antioxidants in dark chocolate that make this ancient pleasure in many ways healthier than the apple.
To better understand how chocolate can be so good as well as so good for you we need to understand what an antioxidant is. Antioxidant may not be important except for the existence of what is known as “Free Radical,” so let’s start here.
In our bodies we have cells that are minus an electron. These cells are called “Free Radicals.” Because the free radicals are minus an electron, they move through our body attacking healthy cells, stealing electrons, consequently making those cells free radicals, and the beat goes on.
Here’s where Antioxidants come in. An antioxidant is a cell that has extra electrons. The antioxidant gives the free radicals the electron it needs, in effect neutralizing the free radical. Because antioxidants have extra electrons, it does not become a free radical when it gives electrons to the free radical.
It is the attack of the free radicals that contributes to high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease as well as other diseases related to aging. The moral of the story is a diet high in antioxidants will neutralize those free radicals thereby slowing down the spread of disease.
The most common fruits and vegetables are high in antioxidants. This is why our parents told us to eat our fruits and vegetables, as we should. Now we know dark chocolate has twice the antioxidant value as an apple, as well as most other fruits and vegetables. Continue to eat the apple, but the real question is, “Have you had your dark chocolate today? “
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Antioxidants not only help with high blood pressure, cancer, and those other negative attacks towards the body; but they also help improve your immune system. To help your body fight off what doesn’t belong so that you are given the opportunity to stay healthy and live a long life.
I completely agree with a chocolate a day will keep the doctor away. But just as long as the right chocolate is being consumed. If anyone is unsure what the right chocolate is just become a regular customer of Dessert Specialists and you will be provided with the decadent yet irresistable chocolate that your body craves.
On another note I have also heard a couple of years ago that women crave chocolate during there monthly visit from mother nature because it contains some levels of magnesium. And a woman’s body is low on magnesium during that time of the month.
To answer the final question of the day. I have not had my dark chocolate today.
2-3 ounces dailey is recommended to recieve the health benefits of dark chocolate. This still leaves room for fruits and vegetables which may not be as high in anti oxidants but do provide the much needed fiber.