The Benefits of Dark Chocolate are astounding.
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Around the time I was in college my dad started eating a square of Dark Chocolate everyday. It started out as 55% then it went up to 60 then 72% and I think he’s in the 80th percentile now the stronger the percentage, the more benefits you get.
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I remember it back then, and it was so bitter at the 55% Americans are so use to sugar and how sweet chocolate taste in all of our candies in our sweets that we don’t ever really taste true chocolate. Slowly, he would tell me the reasons of why he was taking it and what he had found out about chocolate and the benefits that you could get from it. That intrigued me so I looked into it myself and years later, I revisited the 55% chocolate.
My journey with Dark Chocolate
With a more open mind, it didn’t taste half that it almost tasted like semi sweet chocolate chips that you would put in a chocolate chip cookie. Now that I knew about the benefits, I wanted to eat a square day For health reasons. Overtime I started to eat the higher percentage dark chocolate and it really wasn’t that bad. It must be some sort of taste because years ago you wouldn’t be able to get me to eat this at all.
Some brands of Dark Chocolate I typically buy are linked below, there are so many great options!
The benefits can help anytime
Now, I’m not perfect. I’ll go months without having any of the benefits of dark chocolate but then I’ll get on a health kick and I’ll remember how important it is and put it back in my diet. The things I love most is that if you’re really trying to be healthy in your, craving for some sort of dessert one square of dark chocolate will satisfy that craving. I know it sounds crazy and you might not believe me, but it works for me. So you might wanna try.
About a year ago, I was struggling with my iron levels. I was really fatigued and wasn’t in my diet wasn’t high enough. One of the things that I did was in a square of dark chocolate, sometimes two squares, depending on how it was feeling. Dark chocolate is actually very high iron, which is a crazy benefit for something to satisfy craving. Chocolate isn’t something that you would necessarily think of as having any sort of iron or any sour of nutrient. Chocolate is use sweets and pleasure nowadays and it’s not used as something nutrient dense.
Now let’s stay again to all the benefits of dark chocolate.
*Please once again note that this information is not to replace going to the doctor for medical advice. This is strictly for informational purposes only.
Heart Health:
Because of the antioxidants in dark chocolate, it has a positive effect on reducing blood pressure. It also aids in lowering cholesterol and can help improve blood vessels. Heart health is a top priority of all people and finding ways to add foods into your diet that can improve. Your health is important.
Brain Health:
Dark chocolate contains flavonols. These help your brain function improve memory and can also improve blood flow into your brain.
Working Out:
Dark chocolate contains epicatechin which helps increase nitric oxide in your blood. This helps your circulation while you are exercising.
Skin:
The flavonol in the dark chocolate help increase blood flow to skin and helps with hydration intensity.
Iron:
Dark Chocolate contains Iron. Sometimes, especially women, can get low on iron. Eating dark chocolate can boost your iron levels.
The best way to get the most benefits out of your dark chocolate is to eat dark chocolate with a 70% of cacao and above in it.
