Top 7 health benefits of eating chocolate every day

Eating chocolate is really fun, and most of us are really fond of chocolates. It doesn’t matter whether it is white chocolate, dark chocolate or any other type, the love for chocolate is universal. Chocolates are made of cocoa beans, which are later processed into cocoa powder. Cocoa powder is rich in theobromine, which has various benefits. Darker the chocolate, more the theobromine. Chocolate also contains caffeine in a prolific amount, and as we know, excess of everything is bad, so you should not eat more than 30 grams to 60 grams of chocolate in a day. To help you avoid the guilt of having chocolates regularly we have made a list of various health benefits of eating chocolate every day.

Health benefits of eating chocolate every day

Chocolates can lower blood pressure.

It is found that chocolates produce nitric oxide. Nitric oxide helps in relaxing blood vessels and lowering blood pressure. Dark chocolates can even help in hypertension, because as much cocoa powder is present in the chocolate, as much the benefits will be.

Chocolates have a great number of antioxidants.

An antioxidant is a molecule, or we can say, a substance with the property of preventing harmful chain reactions caused by free radicals. Cells in our body naturally cause free radicals and other environmental factors such as pollution, UV rays and smoking can affect that further. The flavonoids in chocolate contain more antioxidants than green tea. So, that is how it can help you in nourishing your cells. Given so many benefits of Chocolates, I recently tried some amazing flavours of Bee Tee Chocolates.Bee Tee melts have 3 ranges of chocolates, Coconut milk chocolate (54%), Milk Chocolate (48%), Dark Chocolate (72%). 54% Coconut Milk Chocolate is made using cacao beans, cacao butter, coconut milk and sweetened with coconut sugar. 48% Milk Chocolate is made with cacao beans, cacao butter, milk solids and sweetened with muscovado sugar. While the milk and coconut milk chocolate are yummy, they also have 72% Dark Chocolate made from hand-picked cacao beans, cacao butter and sweetened with palm sugar.

All the chocolates are made with the ingredients listed above and don’t contain Refined Sugar, preservatives, gluten, vegetable oils, fats, fillers or stabilisers. The texture of all the chocolates is quite smooth and melts in the mouth. We personally love the 72% Dark Chocolate and its awesome taste. Given the fact that dark chocolate is so good for overall health, my husband and I have been binging on it without any worries and guilt too. 😊

While the Milk and Coconut chocolate has more subtle tones and is loved by my kids and they have been relishing the awesome flavours. The taste of the chocolates is awesome here are some more benefits that will surely make you grab these chocolates.

It can lower the risk of health-related complications.

Chocolates can lower the risk of fatal complications such as stroke and heart attack. Chocolate helps in making the blood platelets less sticky, and because of that risks of blood clotting do reduce positively. If your chocolate contains more than 70% of cocoa powder, it will be more beneficial for you.

Helps you improve your mood.

Cocoa contains an amino acid named tryptophan that your brain uses to produce serotonin, which can increase feelings of overall happiness. Serotonin is also known as the feel-good chemical in your body because of the way it influences your body. Dark chocolates have an upper hand in this matter too.

They reduce the risk of diabetes.

The fifth benefit of chocolate that is on our list is that chocolate can reduce the risk of diabetes. Diabetes is caused as a result of several complications and problems that take place with insulin. The presence of polyphenols in cocoa that is present in the chocolate can directly affect insulin sensitivity in the body. Insulin sensitivity means that how well the insulin will work in the body, in order to lower the blood glucose and other things.

Chocolates have various nutrients.

Chocolate has a great number of nutrients in it. Vitamin and nutrients such as magnesium, calcium, iron, copper, potassium, flavonoids, fibre, vitamins b1, b2, e, oleic acid and protein are present in chocolates. That proves that the nutritional value of chocolates is really high.

Helps in good brain functioning and can result in good athletic performance.

Cocoa contains stimulants like theobromine and caffeine that can improve the blood flow towards the brain, resulting in improving the functioning of the brain. Chocolates also improve the athletic performance of a person because the cocoa in the chocolate increases the amount of nitric oxide and decreases the usage of oxygen.

There are various other health benefits of eating chocolate every day like it helps weight loss and helps with anti-inflammatory effects. While buying chocolates always check on the labels for ingredients, be aware of calories, fat and even sugar content as not all ingredients are good for the health. Indulging in occasional chocolate pleasure should not be worried about and it won’t have harmful effects on your health too. Dark chocolates have been known to provide many health benefits so you could find a way to incorporate them into your lifestyle in a healthy manner. Do check out the range available at Bee Tee as they are just awesome and we loved them.

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