Health benefits of eating chocolate in moderation

Chocolate has a bad reputation of causing weight gain, but there are quite a number of benefits associated with chocolates, health wise.

There is considerable evidence that cocoa provides powerful health benefits; especially against cardiovascular diseases.

These are few reasons why dark chocolate can benefit us.

Chocolate is very nutritious:

Quality chocolate is rich in fibre, iron, magnesium, copper, manganese and a few other minerals.

Chocolates are powerful antioxidants:

Cocoa and dark chocolates have a wide variety of powerful antioxidants way more than most other food.

Dark chocolate improves blood flow and lower blood pressure:

The bioactive compound in cocoa improves blood flow in the arteries and causes a small but statistically significant decrease in blood pressure.

Dark chocolate helps lower risk of cardiovascular disease:

The compounds in dark chocolates are highly protective against the oxidation of the LDL which causes less cholesterol to lodge in the arteries which causes a lower risk of heart disease.

Dark chocolates protect the skin from the sun:

The bioactive compounds in dark chocolate protect the skin from sun-induced damage as they improve blood flow to the skin and increase the skin density and hydration. With additional information from the internet