Dark Chocolate 

By – Sahiba Lall (Ramona)

Chocolate is lot than just food, even the scientific name, Theobroma Cocao, states in Greek as “Food of God”. I say what God said is right.

Considering the fact Dark Chocolate and Sugar-Free upon Comparison is like ginger or lemon and honey which could taste a bit bitter but have health benefits. When the say life gives you lemon or ginger, throw hem away ask for chocolate. Isn’t?

Dark chocolates tend to contain sugar, but still the proportions are generally small, and the less sugar the richer the chocolate. There are a number of strong antioxidants for cacao and dark chocolate. These have much more than most other species. Bioactive compounds in cocoa can increase blood flow in blood vessels and reduce the blood pressure, however, by statistically dramatically. Blood flow can improve the activity of the brain by cacao or dark chocolate.

Dark chocolate has a balance of health and nutrients becoming rich in anti-oxidants too. Who wouldn’t like it. I love! I say ‘My blood type is Chocolate’. So grab a bite of chocolate because looks like my hands are kinda full. Counting it’s health benefits: high cocoa, soluble fiber & minerals. In fact 100 gm for Cocoa bar of 70 % - 80 % Cocoa has 11gm fiber, 67% Fe (Iron), 58% Mg (Magnesium), 89% Cu (Copper), 98% Maganese, K (Potassium), Ph (Phosphorus), Zn (Zinc) & Se (Selenium).

Moreover, dark chocolate flavonols will make you ticker — a further win in people with diabetes, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say these people are double-risk for heart disease. The research published in Vascular Pharmacology in August 2015 found significant changes in cardiovascular function in people eating high-flovanol dark chocolate. According to Jill Shaluis, there are four basic food groups: Plain chocolate, Mil chocolate, Dark chocolate and white chocolate. And I totally agree with the man here. Don’t have too much it is high in calories with extra sugar around 3.5 ounces pretty sure not for daily dose.

Science says, it has fatty acids in saturated form usually monosaturated and little amounts of polysaturated fats. Plus it has an amount of caffeine to stay you awake and theobromine or xantheose dosage quite low than coffee.

The compounds found in cocoa known as cocoa flavonols seem to improve certain cells ' capacity to secrete insulin, the hormone that controls blood glucose, was published in the animal study of the Nutritional Biochemistry Journal in November 2017. Although the results of the study do remain provisional and the authors note that you need a lot of cocoa and not a lot of sugar to gain from this, further studies suggest that dark chocolate can support diabetes. But, dark chocolate with sugar isn’t for diabetic persons. For them sugar free is like oxymoron and growing up fast in American countries with trend. Eventually to sweeten the sugar free the companies are using mostly ‘maltitol’ 90% sweet as sugar alcohol or should say sugar & alcohol can be mislead. But for Diabetic stated as wonder/helpful because the absorption & digestion is less in them slower with intestinal tract and maintain the sugar levels.

Thus, heading to Conclusion Dark chocolate of sugar free chocolate are beneficial for health and stress reliever has anti-oxidants. Hence “Laughter can be best of medicine but many a times all you need is Dose of Dark chocolate”.