Dark Chocolate Diet Antioxidants

Chocolate has been the dieter’s enemy, but in the past few years, cocoa has been reexamined as a health food : a nutritious source of antioxidants, anti inflammatory and vitamins and minerals.

Dark Chocolate Diet Antioxidants

Antioxidants are chemicals that combats the free radical molecules that are created each day inside our bodies. Simply put, the free radical molecules are damaging us and are responsible for us aging. Antioxidants will stop them.

The human body makes it’s own natural antioxidants. The problem is, when we grow older, we make less and less. The only ressource for natural antioxidants would then be in food.

The top sources of anti oxidants that are communly known are usually :

• Acai Berry
• Bluberries
• Red Wine
• Green Tee

But on top of this list is also

• Unprocessed cocoa

What people usually forget or tend to ignore is that cocoa is a plant based product. Modern manufacturuers made it a chocolate bar, but it is  chocolate in made from cocoa… a plant !

Dark chocolate and cocoa contain high levels of cell-protecting antioxidant. Two tablespoons of natural cocoa have more antioxidant capacity than four cups of green tea, 1 cup of blueberries and one and half glasses of red wine.

Studies show that as soon as 30 minutes after eating one 40 gram serving of dark chocolate, blood levels of the two main antioxidants in chocolate (epicatechin and catechin) are higher. They peak two hours after consumption and are cleared from the body after about six hours.

Cocoa and dark chocolate are very concentraded in antioxydants. This is why they rank high with fruits and vegetables for antioxidant levels. ** More than 10 percent of the weight of the dry raw cacoa beans consists of polyphenols alone.

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