Dark chocolate: advantage and harm for an organism

Dark, black, bitter — all this names of one confectionery, chocolate which is popular in the world not one century. Chocolate is considered not only delicacy, but also the high-quality power tonic capable to fill vital forces of the person. Learn what gives to a human body this refined dessert — advantage or harm and also — than it is valuable to women and to men.

Caloric content and structure

Quality dark chocolate consists of cocoa mass, cocoa butter and a small amount of sugar. It is used as in liquid (hot drink), and in the stiffened state in the form of tiles.

The first-class dessert has to be with high percent of cocoa beans (from 72% to 100%) therefore it is possible to call him the leader in amount of antioxidants. Its caloric content too high — 538 kcal on 100 grams.

Important! From all grades of chocolate, black bitter is most sensitive to conditions in which it is stored. If on a product there was a whitish raid, it demonstrates violation of the temperature, moist or light modes.

In the table average values of caloric content, the chemical composition and content of some feedstuffs are presented in 100 grams of a bitter tile:

Than dark chocolate is useful

Bitter chocolate is a source of valuable substances for a human body which positively affect his health.

For women

The advantage of dark chocolate for a female body is indisputable: ingredients which are its part intensify blood circulation, increase vitality, slow down skin aging. Masks on its basis for the face and a body eliminate cellulitis and small wrinkles, do skin elastic, for a long time keep its beautiful and healthy view.

Whether you know? 200 years ago cocoa beans used only for preparation of drink, and confectioners learned to cook only for the beginning of the XIX century from them firm chocolate.

In what advantage of dark chocolate for women:

• phosphorus in its structure feeds a brain and stimulates mental activity;
• magnesium accelerates and regulates metabolism, positively influences work of a GIT and improves mood;
• calcium strengthens a bone tissue and is useful in prevention of osteoporosis;
• fluorine and phosphates strengthen tooth fabrics;
• potassium regulates the blood pressure, water, acid and electrolytic balances;
• iron reduces fatigue, serves as prevention of a miokardiopatiya and atrophic gastritis;
• usvoyaemy carbohydrates fight against fat stocks of an organism;
• flavonoids strengthen a cardiac muscle, interfere with thrombosis, improve blood supply of cages;
• antioxidants are neutralized by free radicals and help to struggle with presenilation.

In addition, bitter dessert:

• facilitates a state at inflammation of a throat (if to rassasyvat a small piece in a mouth);
• improves a state at PMS;
• maintains balance of estrogen;
• produces the endorphins and serotonin which are positively influencing nervous system;
• reduces risk to ache with diabetes;
• normalizes cholesterol content.

It is important! To receive the maximum advantage of a product, it is important to remember that it is necessary to use it in small amounts — no more than 30-50 g a day.

For men

Consumption of dark chocolate has positive impact on men and prolongs male health, helping to keep cheerfulness and to fight against age changes.

If the man regularly eats the real quality product, it will serve:

• to reduction of risk of a disease of a myocardial infarction;
• prevention of strokes;
• obstacle to developing of thromboses;
• to improvement of an emotional state and elimination of depressions;
• prevention of atherosclerosis;
• to decrease in production of hormone of a stress (cortisol);
• to reduction of risk of development of diabetes;
• to lowering of blood pressure.

Chocolate is included into the list of products which cause fast accustoming.

Besides, the bitter product contains zinc which helps an organism of the man to synthesize testosterone, male sex hormone. It promotes:

• to improvement of quality of sperm;
• to increase in quantity of spermatozoa and their mobility;
• to prevention of infertility;
• to strengthening of sexual desire.

Considering advantage of a dark dessert for male health, it is important to know that it is necessary to use chocolate in moderate quantities not to provoke a set of excess weight.

Whether you know? Chocolate served as currency in the Maya civilization: cocoa beans were of huge value and were used as money.

Features of the use

Dark chocolate can be used and as supportive application when dumping excess weight and as medicine at some diseases. Let's consider in more detail these statements.

At weight loss

Many consider that the high caloric content of dark chocolate conducts to a set of weight and express doubt in whether this product at a diet is useful to weight loss. This statement is partially right as abuse of the described delicacy can promote it.

Learn whether it is possible to lose weight in a month by 10 kg.

However scientists-physicians established that 2–3 pieces of a dessert a day, on the contrary, will help burning of fat stocks thanks to the usvoyaemy carbohydrates which are a part. The product is admissible to be applied at a diet because thanks to it:

• cholesterol level in blood is regulated;
• metabolism accelerates;
• work of a stomach and intestines improves;
• toxins are actively removed;
• the feeling of hunger decreases.

At diabetes

Nutritionists recommend to include sick diabetes in insignificant doses in the menu a bitter product from cocoa beans, and even emphasize that it is useful.

It is important! If on packing of a dessert 99% or 100% are written, then sugar practically does not enter this product that is very important for patients with diabetes.

The reasons for which diabetics need to eat bitter delicacy:

• presence of flavonoids helps to reduce resistance (immunity) of an organism to the insulin;
• insulin function at which assimilation of sugar is stimulated improves;
• sugar level in blood to norm limits (is regulated at type 1 diabetes);
• vitamin P improves a condition of vessels;
• the organism forms the lipoproteins with a high density bringing cholesterol out of blood;
• arterial blood pressure decreases that reduces risk of a stroke and heart attack;
• the prediabetic state is treated.

Raises or lowers pressure

Due to existence in this product of antioxidants, after its use, indicators of arterial blood pressure are normalized. It occurs as follows:

• concentration of cholesterol in blood goes down and there is its fluidifying;
• the risk of a clotting decreases;
• it is more produced nitrogen oxides thanks to what in an organism the passability of blood vessels increases;
• the organism produces hypotensive substances;
• catechins in structure reduce risk of development of atherosclerosis.

Thus, to the people suffering both hypotonia, and a hypertension, it is possible to use dark chocolate too.

Important! Eating a black dessert, it is necessary to remember that it not medicine from elevated pressure, and only auxiliary. To support the state, it is necessary to accept the medicines registered by the attending physician.

Contraindications and harm

Excessive hobby for the described delicacy leads to some problems:

1. There is excessive load of a pancreas.
2. The increased content of the consumed carbohydrates promotes fat accumulation.
3. A large number of the consumed product can cause an allergy.
4. At digestion, many enzymes are emitted that leads to problems with digestive tract.
5. Caffeine in structure causes overexcitation of nervous system, an uneasy dream and heartburn.
6. Some components provoke increase in acidity in an organism, violation of exchange processes and digestion, emergence of stones in kidneys and also the increased production of urine.

Serve as contraindications to consumption of dark chocolate:

• the broken metabolism;
• urolithic disease;
• allergic reactions;
• obesity;
• gout;
• liver diseases;
• migraine;
• heart attack and stroke in the anamnesis;
• the lowered pressure;
• children's age up to 6 years.

Important! To inadmissibly feed pets with chocolate: theobromine which is its component can cause poisoning of the pet.

So, dark chocolate not only tasty, but also useful. However it is important to that who loves it to remember: that it brought notable benefit for an organism and it was possible to exclude harm which a large number of this delicacy is capable to cause, it is necessary to use it moderately.