Chocolate has a variety of brands, textures, and types. But, why is it one of the favorite desserts of every person? People, young and old find eating chocolate is an indulging experience. It actually depends on the brand and type we eat.
I think one of the best types of chocolate is the dark chocolate. Some of my favorite brands are Patchi and The Old Gold Original Dark Chocolate of Cadburry. Researchers say that eating dark chocolate (about 100 mg per day) would help prevent certain cancers and minimize the level of sugar and low density lipoprotein (LDL) in the body. LDL also known as the bad cholesterol, is the culprit behind some deadly diseases such as heart attacks, strokes, and diabetes.
Basically, chocolate is came from cocoa, a rich plant that contains flavonoids and anti-oxidants, the same chemicals found in coffee beans.
But what makes the dark chocolate a good dessert? Aside from what I mentioned above, there are some interesting ideas why I love this food. First, chocolate is a mood enhancer. Have you experienced tiredness in work or school, but after you munched on a chocolate, somehow it made you feel energized? Chocolate increases the serotonin in our body, the reason why we become happy, active or enthusiast. Second, chocolate helps our body to quickly recover from hunger and stress. Soldiers bring chocolates whenever they have to go on a mission especially during a long travel or in deep forests or mountainous areas. And third, chocolate has a very soothing smell. The aroma of it is relaxing too. That's why it is use as flavorings on cakes, biscuits and beverages.
While we like to munch on of this dessert, we should also take consideration that too much consumption of it (or in any kind of food) could harm our health. So let us remember to balance everything we eat. Moderation is key.
To summarize this, chocolate has a lot of benefits to our health. It is in the way we consume food and how we follow our diet. As long as we incorporate exercise with what we eat, we can attain better mind and body. As we all know, we are what we eat!
Source:
The Benefits of Chocolate
http://longevity.about.com/od/lifelongnutrition/p/chocolate.htm
Comments
Hello Grace,
The chocolates you had seemed yummy. Indeed a double delight.....
Thank you very much for sharing your experience in indulging green tea flavored chocolate and for the photo you provided. This will be added to my list of vocabulary! Have a great weekend.
Good post, Robert. I'm no exception. I love it so much. We once wanted to eat chocolate which is made by a popular shop in another city and drove for two hours to get there owing to it. Here the picture of chocolate is one of the kinds we had on that day. It is covered with matcha(green tea, it's also good for health.) powder. The taste of it was really good as you can enjoy two different flavors at the same time. ^_^
Dear Tara,
Thank you very much for taking your time to read this yummy blog! Who can't resist chocolate chips? I really appreciate this comment and it would motivate me to think of another topic to post.
This is my response to your Writing Challenge,
Basically, Chocolate is made from cocoa, a rich plant that contains flavonoids and anti-oxidants. These are same chemicals found in coffee beans.
Please let me know if I got it right. Thanks again teacher....
cioccolato as i call it is one of my favorite food :)
it's my life i cant live without eating cioccolato :p
so I'm the first cioccolato lover ;)
Wow! Excellent writing and very useful tips and info. I love chocolate. I always keep a bag of chocolate chips in my cupboard. I munch on them when I need a little treat.
Writing Challenge: Can you spot and fix the error/typo?
Basically, chocolate is came from cocoa, a rich plant that contains flavonoids and anti-oxidants, the same chemicals found in coffee beans.
I can't control myself when it comes to chocolate! ^^;
So, if what you said in the blog above is true, it might not be far away that I would become chocolate... hahaha. Thanks for sharing the blog about chocolate. It was really interesting ^_^
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