We’ve known for quite some time that eating dark chocolate can lower blood pressure and help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Chocolate is made from plants, which means it contains many of the health benefits of dark vegetables. These benefits are from flavonoids, which act as antioxidants, protecting the body from aging caused by free radicals, which can cause damage that leads to heart disease. Dark chocolate contains a large number of antioxidants.
Eating more dark chocolate can help lower blood pressure, researchers say.

I personally adore milk chocolate, even though, according to studies, it has shown no significant positive impact on health.
Apparently, milk may interfere with the absorption of antioxidants from chocolate, and may therefore negate the potential health benefits that can be derived from eating moderate amounts of dark chocolate. At least, I can subscribe to the theory that it makes you a little happier, and happiness, they say, leads to longer, healthier life.

Studies have shown, Americans eat an average of 14 pounds of chocolate per year!

No wonder, since eating chocolate causes an increase in the production of endorphins. These are chemicals that make us feel happy and are found naturally in our bodies, therefore if we eat chocolate we have an increase in these ‘feel good’ chemicals.
Some experts also believe that due to those chemicals contained in chocolate and their effects on the brain a cycle of ‘the more you have, the more you want to have’ begins, thus developing an addiction.

Well, that might be true. I can hardly imagine a week without a piece of chocolate. But in the end, isn’t that what life was meant for – getting a little addicted to things?..

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