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New-year-New Start-New You (Cacao Explained)

January 16, 2016

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Chocolate is healthy? chocolate contains essential minerals and vitamins?...

The answer is yes, but not the chocolate you are used to buying from your local supermarket.The chocolate researchers are talking about is raw cacao.Raw cacao is made by cold-pressing unroasted cocoa beans,this process keeps the living enzymes in the cocoa and removes the fat (cacao butter). To make the chocolate we all know and love, the raw cacao beans are roasted to form cocoa,which is then combined with sugar and fats until the beans are unrecognisable.The high heat during the roasting process reduces the levels of antioxidants,minimising the powerful health benefits. chocolate contains many important vitamins and minerals including:
  • Magnesium, and other essential minerals including calcium, sulfur, zinc, iron, copper, potassium, and manganese
  • Polyphenols called flavonoids, with antioxidant properties
  • Vitamins: B1, B2, B3, B5, B9, E
  • Essential heart-healthy fat: oleic acid a monounsaturated fat
  • Protein
  • Fibre
These nutrients found in raw chocolate have been linked to a number of health benefits:  

1) Raw chocolate can lower blood pressure & improve circulation

Flavanols, theobromine, and other components found in cacao may lower blood pressure and enhance circulation by promoting dilation, strength, and health of blood vessels

2) Raw chocolate can promote cardiovascular function & health

The antioxidant power of flavonoids and essential minerals and vitamins found in cacao can support healthy heart functioning by lowering blood pressure, improving blood flow, lowering LDL cholesterol, and reducing plaque buildup on artery walls.

3) Raw chocolate Can Neutralize free radicals

High levels of antioxidants protect the body from a buildup of free radicals from sun exposure, pollution, cigarette smoking, etc., which may damage healthy body tissue giving rise to cancer and cardiovascular disease.

4) Raw Chocolate can improve digestion

A sufficient amount of fiber delivered with each serving of cacao supports digestion while cacao stimulates the body’s production of digestive enzymes.

5) Raw chocolate can enhance physical and mental well-being

There are many components of cacao including alkaloids, proteins, beta-carotene, leucine, linoleic, lipase, lysine, and theobromine, that all work together to improve physical and mental health.  For example, theombromine helps to stimulate the central nervous system, relax smooth muscles, and dilate blood vessels, giving the body a boost of energy;  “bliss” chemicals found in cacao help to increase circulation and availability of serotonin and other neurotransmitters in brain, improving mood and combating depression. cacao_1   [shopify product=http://shop4supplements.co.uk/products/big-tree-farm-peeled-cacao-beans-311g] [shopify product=http://shop4supplements.co.uk/products/big-tree-farms-drinking-chocolate] [shopify product=http://shop4supplements.co.uk/products/big-tree-farms-raw-cacao] [shopify product=http://shop4supplements.co.uk/products/big-tree-farms-raw-cacoa-butter] [shopify product=http://shop4supplements.co.uk/products/kaizen-living-cacao-nibs-250g] [shopify product=http://shop4supplements.co.uk/products/kaizen-living-organic-cacao-powder-250g] www.builtlean.com  


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