Chocolate is a tasty and useful delicacy which many women like to indulge themselves. If the girl was a sweet tooth before pregnancy, then during incubation it, most likely, will have too a desire to try favourite sweet. Many future mothers are tormented by doubts whether this product is so useful, and whether it will do harm to yet not been born kid. Often women refuse to themselves favourite sweet, without knowing whether it is possible to eat it in their situation. In this article useful and harmful properties of different types of chocolate and also the indication to consumption of hot chocolate will be considered.
Advantage and harm of chocolate on different terms of pregnancy
The chemical composition of this product defines a look which it treats. The content of cocoa products in this dessert is less, the less advantage is born by it for an organism.
Important! Dependence on chocolate — a concept mythical. The release of serotonin connected with the use of this product is really capable to cause attachment, but that the amount of serotonin sufficient for formation of physical requirement was distinguished, it is necessary to eat at least 500 g of this delicacy daily.
To answer a question why it is impossible to use any given type of a dessert during pregnancy, it is necessary to learn more about its properties.
Black
This look contains the highest percent of cocoa — from 50 to 80%.
Learn, than dark chocolate is useful to a human body.
Cocoa causes its useful properties.
- First of all, this bitter product lightens the mood of the pregnant woman at the expense of substance of tryptophane which stimulates development with an organism of hormone of the serotonin having the calming effect struggles with a stress and improves a dream.
- Bioflavonoids slow down processes of aging and wear of fabrics. They connect free radicals, preventing emergence of new growths, preserve the kid against negative impact of bad ecology.
- Alkaloid theobromine stimulates cardiovascular activity, strengthens walls of vessels, relaxes smooth muscles, normalizes arterial blood pressure.
- Easy diuretic influence helps to get rid of puffiness of fabrics.
- Magnesium makes salutary impact on mental activity, supports work of adrenal glands, nervous system, ensures normal muscle work.
- Iron regulates the haematogenic function, prevents development of anemia.
At the same time dark chocolate at the excessive use makes the stimulating impact on nervous and cardiovascular systems that is fraught with sleep disorders, nervousness and heart rate.
Women with tendency to an allergy are not recommended to use this product as it can provoke emergence of allergic reactions.
Whether you know? White chocolate was invented in 1930 when the Nestle corporation looked for ways to involve enormous volumes of the cocoa butter remaining from production of cocoa. This product gained popularity only 50 years later, then it began to be made commercially. Milk chocolate appeared for 55 years earlier, in 1875 when the Swiss confectioner added powdered milk to ready chocolate weight. Firm bitter chocolate arose for 80 years earlier, in 1795 when the Dutch chemist Conrad van Guten wrung out from fat cocoa weight cocoa butter and added it to hot drink which hardened after hardening.
Dairy
Content of cocoa products in this type of delicacy fluctuates around 40%. It contains much more sugar and dairy products.
- This dessert works as antidepressant. It promotes development of a feniletilamin who affects as demulcent and a maternal organism, and a fruit.
- Thanks to high content of tannins, milk chocolate warns late toxicosis. This phenomenon very much harms the kid as is followed by an enormous stress for the woman. Tannins also have anti-inflammatory effect, improve blood clotting and stimulate a lactation.
- Potassium strengthens a cardiovascular system and normalizes arterial blood pressure.
As for harmful effects, in excess quantity this dessert weakens inflow of umbilical blood that has an adverse effect on food of a fruit and supply with its oxygen.
Whether you know? Dark chocolate is much more useful, than dairy, white and other versions.
White
Cocoa products percent in this dessert low — 20–30%. Cocoa powder is not added to a compounding that causes color of ivory and the minimum advantage.
- It does not contain caffeine and theobromine therefore does not affect arterial blood pressure and a cardiovascular system. The possibility of hyper excitability of nervous system, oxygen starvation of a fruit is excluded.
- Selenium supports work of pancreatic and thyroid glands, has immunomodulatory effect, has anti-inflammatory properties.
Excess caloric content of this product leads to a set of excess weight, the high percent of fat provokes heartburn. Unfair producers often replace cocoa butter with low-quality raw materials therefore there is a risk to get a fake with cancerogenic properties.
Important! Contrary to the existing tradition to have tea or coffee with chocolate, it is necessary to use this dessert separately from all other products. Mixing with drinks, fruit and other desserts worsens comprehensibility of this product that is shown by rashes on skin and increase in acidity of gastric juice.
Whether it is possible to drink hot chocolate
Hot chocolate has all useful properties dark if it was made in house conditions. The store packaged drink contains a large number of sugar, starch or cornmeal, a large number of stabilizers and fragrances.
Give preference to the drink made independently. It has to consist of milk, vanillin, cane sugar and the kindled tile of bitter chocolate. The recommended consumption rate of this delicacy by pregnant women keeps within 3 cups a week. Chocolate is a useful and tasty dessert which future mummies can indulge themselves from time to time.
Gorky or dark chocolate — the best choice for the pregnant woman. He will supply its organism necessary micro and macrocells, will present good mood and will save from feeling of fatigue thanks to the easy stimulating action.
The moderate use of this product will facilitate course of pregnancy and will increase resistance of the kid to stresses after the birth.