From cocoa beans it is possible to make both cocoa powder, and oil. But cocoa beans bear in themselves more advantage, than the powder received from them therefore the use of these nutlets in the raw among our contemporaries deserved great popularity and became one of attributes of healthy food.
Structure and caloric content
Cocoa beans — a product, unique on the structure, which differs in a significant amount (about 320) various types of antioxidants among which polyphenol occupies one of key positions. In general it is difficult to meet vitamin F in any other of the known food.
Whether you know? On the European part of the world of cocoa got in 1519 thanks to Spaniards.
Are a part of cocoa beans:
- caffeine;
- theobromine;
- theophylline;
- feniletilamin;
- melanin.
Irreplaceable fatty acids:
- linoleic;
- stearin;
- olein;
- palmitic.
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Contains in 100 grams of cocoa beans:
- copper — 2275 mg;
- potassium – 747 mg;
- phosphorus — 500 mg;
- sulfur — 83 mg;
- chlorine — 50 mg;
- magnesium — 80 mg;
- calcium — 28 mg;
- sodium — 5 mg;
- zinc — 4.5 mg;
- iron — 4.1 mg;
- manganese — 2.85 mg;
- molybdenum — 40 mkg;
- fluorine — 30 mkg;
- cobalt — 27 mkg.
The power value of 100 g of cocoa beans averages 560 kcal, from them:
- fats give — 85%;
- proteins — 9%;
- carbohydrates — 6%.
Vitamins:
- And, B1, B2, RR, E — in insignificant quantities.
Whether you know? Until recently cocoa beans served as small monetary unit among the Indian population in the central part of America. Besides today aboriginals of America are considered as long-livers because of constant consumption of cocoa beans and products from them.
Than cocoa beans are useful
The rare combination of a large amount of useful substances in cocoa beans promotes:
- to strengthening of opportunities of an organism to struggle with viruses, bacteria, microbes, to protection against carcinogens, increase in immune properties of an organism, filling of an organism energy, to a mood raising, thanks to availability of the amino acid of tryptophane increasing amount of hormone of joy — serotonin;
- to improvement of characteristics of vessels, works of heart and other fabrics of bodies;
- to strengthening of nervous system, removal of a disturbing and irritable state and also stronger and productive process of a dream thanks to availability of vitamins of group B;
- qualitative concentration of attention and storing of information, optimum blood circulation in a brain;
- to the toning effect on a human body, thanks to existence of teobrominovy, caffeine, teofillinovy components;
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- to antidepressant impact on an organism because of existence in structure of a feniletilamin;
- normalization of cholesterol in an organism, thanks to such components as fatty acids and proteins;
- to neutralization of harmful effects of ultraviolet and infrared rays of the sun, protection of an integument against sunstrokes, burns, overheating that is helped by melanin as a part of cocoa beans;
- to improvement of processes of blood formation because of availability of iron;
- to acceleration of the healing processes in an organism, to puberty of teenagers, development of fermental components and synthesizing of proteins, and all this occurs thanks to existence in a zinc product;
- to prevention of various new growths;
- to delay of aging and oxidizing processes in an organism that is one of the main aspects of extension of human life;
- normalization of arterial blood pressure;
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- to elimination of muscular spasms;
- normalization of bile-expelling function;
- to improvement of exchange of lipids in blood that helps establishment of more correct proportion of cholesterol (good and bad);
- efficiency of formation of a bone tissue, prevention of problems with osteoporosis because of existence in a product of phosphoric and magnesian components;
- to decrease in a possibility of appearance of blood clots, heart attacks, strokes;
- to recovery processes after the postponed diseases;
- to female beauty, improving quality and esthetic characteristics of an integument, a hair, nails;
- to simplification of symptomatology at problem and painful courses of periods at women.
Whether you know? Cocoa in many corners of the world present as drink of long-livers. Even the Swiss physicians advise all after passing of a forty-year age threshold systematically to use this product.
Separately about weight loss
Though cocoa does not differ in low caloric content, but this drink quite helps to lose weight if desired as it contains the majority of the vitamin and microelement components necessary for normal functioning of a human body, especially when it is necessary to stay on strict dietary food. The only condition — not to add sugar to a product. For recuperation one cup of this tasty drink a day with possible addition of milk suffices.
Important! Regular consumption of cocoa is especially useful for men, it strengthens protective functions of an organism from early strokes, heart attacks, prostatitis and also gives the chance to have productive sex to old age.
Possible harm
But, as well as any product, cocoa beans have the contraindications:
- because of availability of caffeine the use after 6 o'clock in the evening or before going to bed is contraindicated;
- allergic reactions or intolerance of one of components become a barrier to the use of a product in food;
- it is not recommended at the aggravated gout, at a lock, atherosclerosis, problems with kidneys;
- consumption of cocoa during pregnancy as it can break receiving process by a calcium fruit will be not the best option;
- cocoa beans are processed by various pesticides and grown up often in the conditions of insufficient sanitation therefore upon purchase it is necessary to remain vigilant;
- it is impossible to use products from cocoa beans in the presence in them rancid or sourish smack that testifies to the spoiled their state or stereotyped production;
- the excessive use can negatively affect functioning of nervous and cardiovascular systems.
Important! To three-year age cocoa categorically is not recommended to kids. If parents risk and give to the child this product, then it has to be at least it is obligatory natural (dark brown color without any flavoring and flavored impurity with chocolate aroma).
How to use cocoa beans
At the systematic use of products from cocoa beans of people it is capable to feel daily in himself inflow of forces, improvement of physical, emotional, intellectual capacities. It is possible to use these grains as in the raw, and in processed. There are various options of the products received from them.
Crude
The use of crude grains of cocoa beans — the least labor-consuming, the simplest and today the way gaining the increasing popularity.
Options of the tasty use of these grains in the raw are enough, for example, for leveling of bitterish smack and their bigger advantage it is possible before regaling to envelop honey, to connect to nutlets.
But completely to feel unforgettable primitive taste of chocolate, it is necessary to chew 1 tablespoon of grains. To remove a thin skin from grains, it is necessary to place for several minutes them in boiled water.
Whether you know? The thin skin of cocoa beans also presents itself value, from it in the processed form there are excellent body scrubs and even persons.
Drink from cocoa powder
Since the childhood the taste of cocoa is familiar to everyone. Absolutely natural such drink can be made independently. For this purpose seeds of cocoa need to be processed in the coffee grinder to uniform consistence of powder, to fill in with boiled water. If desired such delicacy is seasoned with milk, addition of sugar is possible. The taste of such product remains unforgettable.
Whether you know? On average about forty fruits of cocoa or more than one thousand grains are necessary that at the exit to receive 1 kilogram of powder.
Cocoa beans are very useful fruits. Their application is many-sided, it not only consumption, but also use in the cosmetology or pharmaceutical directions. The main thing if desired to get healthier by means of this useful product — to observe a measure.