Is Chocolate a health food?

Ok, before you get too excited it’s not the mass produced milk chocolate you might be thinking of.  More the 85% dark chocolate or Cacao.
 
Cacao – raw unprocessed plant or bean
Chocolate – anything made form the bean
Cocoa – powdered chocolate
 
Here’s a little history:
       Name comes from Aztec word xocoatl Cacao tree – Latin name Thoebroma cacao meaning food of the gods
         Mayans and Aztecs used cacao in ceremonies and as medicine – they believed it had magical, divine properties
         Chocolate a bitter drink until 1528 – Aztec king Montezuma gave Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez the chocolate drink at a banquet.  He didn’t like the taste but realized by adding honey/sugar cane it was pleasant. Cortez bought chocolate back to Spain
         Europeans in the 16th century saw chocolate as Nutritious, medicinal and aphrodisiac
            Cassanova was rumored to be a big fan of chocolate
       First chocolate bar – 1847 – created by Joseph Fry
              First boxed chocolate candies – 1868 – Cadbury’s – England  


Health properties – Cacao/85% dark chocolate
      Feel happy – contains the chemical phenylethylamine (PEA) – chemical involved in the feeling of love
          Heart and circulation – blood flow
           Cholesterol – yes dark chocolate can improve cholesterol
     Reduces stroke risk
        High in minerals – potassium, iron, zinc and selenium
       Skin – high in flavanols that protect skin form sun damage
           Weight loss – who knew? Melt dark chocolate on the tongue for 20 minutes – tells brain you are full
          New mums and babies – Finnish study showed it reduced stress in expectant mothers Improves insulin sensitivity
              High in flavanols so makes a great brain food  


​If we use foods the way they were originally intended they can be very beneficial, the more we change them the more unhealthy they become, in general.

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