There is hardly a person in the world who does not love chocolate! It has many varieties - from milk, sweet, semi-sweet, bitter-sweet to bitter.
We will focus on natural dark chocolate because it is more healthy than other types of chocolate. However, it must contain over 70% cocoa to be considered that.
This type of chocolate helps the heart and brain to work properly. We often eat chocolate when we are stressed or busy in our daily lives.
Chocolate, in addition to being a romantic gesture, can also be very healthy. As already mentioned, dark chocolate is the most beneficial for health, because it contains cocoa powder and we all know what health benefits it has.
There is also no added sugar in dark chocolate and this is one of its health benefits. Cocoa, from which dark chocolate is made, contains the most antioxidants of any food in the world.
Their name is flavanols. When dark chocolate is produced, acai superfruit and probiotics are added to cocoa. Cocoa has the ability to "make" a connection and increase the amount of many chemicals in our brain, which affects our mood and our consciousness.
One of them is phenylethylamine, which is considered to be the "culprit" for some people to develop chocolate addiction. Another chemical is tryptophan, which is converted into serotonin - the hormone of happiness.
It is believed that the flavanols in cocoa dilate the arteries, which, in turn, increases their elasticity and reduces the risk of heart attack.
These antioxidants help avoid clogging blood vessels. A study at the University of Cambridge found that people who consumed dark chocolate more regularly or cocoa were less susceptible to coronary heart disease and less likely to have a heart attack.
And here's what's in chocolate with 70% cocoa. 100 grams of product contain:
- Calories - 524 kcal;
- Protein - 8 g;
- Carbohydrates - 33 g;
- Fat - 40 g;
Here's what else dark chocolate contains:
Carbohydrates:
- Fiber;
- Starch;
- Sugar - 24 g;
- Galactose;
- Glucose;
- Sucrose;
- Lactose;
- Malatose;
- Fructose;
Vitamins in dark chocolate:
- Vitamin A - 1%;
- Vitamin B1 / thiamine /;
- Vitamin B2 / riboflavin /;
- Vitamin B3 / niacin /;
- Vitamin B4 / choline /;
- Vitamin B5 / pantheonic acid /;
- Vitamin B6 / pyrodoxine /;
- Vitamin B9 / folic acid /;
- Vitamin B12 / cobalcamin /;
- Vitamin D;
- Vitamin E;
- Vitamin K1;
- Vitamin K2;
Minerals in dark chocolate:
- Iron - 66%
- Calcium - 7%
And after this information about the many benefits of dark chocolate, you have no choice but to prepare this dark chocolate cake or choose another suggestion from our recipes of chocolate desserts.
