ENJOY YOUR HEALTH WITH CHOCOLATE?

​To make a long story short: dark chocolate with a cocoa contents of 70-85% is a kind of natural ‘wonder drug’, helping to avoid/fight many debilitating health issues of our time. Read on to learn about the details.  

THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND
 

As you know already from my previous blogs, other publications and seminars, healthy food, besides physical activity, is a basic prerequisite for our well-being. With special reference to individually enjoyable nutrition. Dark chocolate being no exception. That’s why it is important to learn more about…

HEALTH BENEFITS OF DARK CHOCOLATE – SCIENTIFICALLY VERIFIED
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efore going into details as far as implications for our health are concerned, we need to know that dark chocolate (with contents of 70-85% cocoa) contains a complexity of vital compounds supporting our health, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
 
Like, inter alia, vital minerals such as
- magnesium
- zinc
- iron

As well as
- protein
- dietary fiber
- carbohydrates  
and antioxidant
- polyphenols
   &
- flavonols  

Based also on research inter alia at the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Bari, Italy.
 
Fighting oxidative stress, avoiding/fighting, inter alia, heart disease with special reference by controlling
 

• high blood pressure

 
According to
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran            
   as well as
- University of Bari in Bari
   &
- San Raffaele Open University of Rome in Rome (both Italy)  
 
It also controls
 

• cholesterol (low density lipoprotein – LDL)

 
according to research at, inter alia,
 
- Myongji University in Seoul, South Korea  

As well as

• inflammation

 
which stands behind each disease.
 
Based on research at, inter alia,
- mof Bari in Bari
   &
- San Raffaele Open University of Rome in Rome (both Italy)
   as well as
- Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences in Ahvaz, Iran  

Also fights
 

• insulin resistance (risk factor of diabetes 2)

 
according to research at, inter alia,
 - University of Texas in San Antonio, Texas 
    &
= Universidad Autonoma de Baja California in Tijuana, Mexico  

Based on research at the 2 last mentioned scientific institution we may also not overlook that this powerful background of cocoa also helps to prevent neurogenerative health issues such as
 

• Alzheimer’s disease

 
           &
 

• Parkinson disease

 
Leaves us with the question, how much of dark chocolate to consume per day to support these comprehensive health benefits?
 
According to the above mentioned research diversity, the recommended daily input is
 

• 2o-30 grams

 

IN A NUTSHELL
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To make a long story short: dark chocolate with a cocoa content of 70-85% is a kind of natural ‘wonder drug’, helping to avoid/fight many debilitating health issues of our time.
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MEDICAL ADAGE OF THE WEEK​

​“Stay close to nature, and its eternal laws will protect you.”
 
Dr. Max Gerson
U.S. Cancer Specialist
&
Private Physician of Nobel Prize Laureate
Dr. Albert Schweitzer