Health Benefits of Cocoa You Should Know

Since ancient times, cocoa powder has always been a source of high nutrition for health and is always suitable for use by all ages from children to the elderly. However, with today's modern development, cocoa powder is not only good for health but also can cure a number of diseases:

According to studies from around the world by leading experts, cocoa has many health benefits.

Heart disease

According to some studies, the results show that eating / drinking cocoa has the effect of reducing the risk of heart disease and death.

Why? Because cocoa has active ingredients that help lower blood pressure and improve blood vessel function.

High Blood Pressure

For people with normal blood pressure or high blood pressure, cocoa tablets continuously for 2-18 weeks will reduce blood pressure.

The best recommended dosage is 100g of flavonoid-rich dark chocolate or cocoa-rich products such as pure cocoa drinks, cakes made with cocoa.

High cholesterol

Cocoa and cocoa-based products have a cholesterol-lowering effect through antioxidants.

However, according to some studies for people with high cholesterol levels, the use of cocoa does not bring much effect.

Skin aging

Cocoa helps to improve skin wrinkles, skin elasticity and roughness of the skin by the nutrients contained in the ingredients.

Chronic fatigue syndrome
According to the advice of doctors, using a reasonable dose of cocoa every day helps reduce fatigue, anxiety, reduce depression, increase excitement and increase performance in people with chronic fatigue syndrome.

Cirrhosis

For people with cirrhosis, eating dark chocolate in combination with a liquid meal (vermicelli, pho, etc.) can significantly improve liver health.

Constipation

In fact, cocoa helps soften stools for children with constipation.

Diabetes Cacao can be insulin resistant and doesn't seem to affect blood sugar

Pesticide

It sounds a bit ridiculous, but it is very convincing when studies show that applying oil extracted from cocoa beans to the skin can help prevent insect stings.

Helps prevent the risk of memory loss

According to research from scientists from Harvard Medical School, cocoa has active ingredients that help protect blood circulation in the brain, help the brain stay healthy, thereby preventing memory loss in the elderly.

Chocolate helps improve thinking

Cocoa contains many flavanols, increases blood circulation to the brain, improves brain activity, thereby improving thinking.

Helps reduce stress

One study showed that eating 28g per day can reduce stress and anxiety hormones that help reduce stress very effectively.

Helps in effective weight control

Cocoa powder has an effective weight loss effect on reducing belly fat thanks to the ingredient theobromine, which has been verified by leading experts.

Refer to the article cocoa powder for weight loss to better understand this effect.

Good for people with asthma

The compounds theobromine and theophylline with strong cocoa have very effective anti-asthma effects, so cocoa has a good effect on people with asthma.

Cocoa is included in the diet

With the effect of losing weight, reducing belly fat cocoa is recommended by nutritionists to be included in the diet to accelerate weight loss.

Notes when using Cocoa you should know

Before use

Make sure you are not allergic to cocoa and do not use cocoa for people with heart disease, colitis and irritable bowel syndrome.

The ingredients in cocoa are toxic to some animals such as dogs or cats, so it should be kept out of their reach.

Safety level

To ensure the safety level when using cocoa, you should consult with your doctor. In particular, research has shown that drinking cocoa in reasonable doses is good for pregnant and lactating women.

Thereby we can see that cocoa powder has many health benefits, this has been proven. However, it should be noted about the appropriate dose used every day to bring the best effect.

Hope this article has brought you useful information. If you are in need of pure cocoa powder, come to Trong Duc Cacao immediately. Because we specialize in providing all pure cocoa bot products of high quality, reasonable price, certified for food safety, you can rest assured to buy our cocoa powder. 

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