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CHOCOLATE!

Just say the word chocolate come to us immediately your mouth water! Chocolate is a myth, a pleasure, a shame for some, a drug for more ... The fact remains that chocolate is an indispensable ingredient in the kitchen. But you know what chocolate to choose and how to use it?

Milk or dark chocolate, chocolate all contain various types
more or less the same amount of calories: about 560 kcal/100g .

What that changes, is its composition: a dark chocolate is more

fat, milk sweeter, but also more rich in calcium, thanks to the presence of milk (200 - 220 mg/100 g versus 60 mg/100 g in the dark). Well, chocolate is good for health, find out why ... and check out our recipes for chocolate!

from the cocoa bean chocolate

origins of chocolate are a tree, the cacao tree. Cultivated in some warm countries, produces the "berries" of 20 cm, containing the seeds, the cocoa beans.

Once harvested, these beans undergo a process of fermentation, drying, cleaning and calibration before being processed into a chocolate shop. Here are roasted (assuming the characteristic brown color) to develop the aroma and then chop finely. The mixture is then added sugar and cocoa butter (Or lecithin for cheaper products) and, possibly, the deed or sweetened condensed milk powder. Finally, after having been tempered and refined, the liquid paste is ready to be put into the molds: the chocolate was born.

note that white chocolate contains no cocoa solid component, but soloburro cocoa, to which is added sugar, milk and seasonings.

Tones

Eating a piece of chocolate is ideal in case of sudden tiredness. In fact, chocolate is the energy-rich carbohydrates and has a low glycemic index: immediately available energy allows the body to recover quickly.

also contains tonic substances (caffeine, theobromine, theophylline), the effect is stimulating, physically and mentally. Athletes and active people in general love it!

eliminate stress

Among the elements of its complex chemical composition, the chocolate contains various constituents that affect the moral

carbohydrates, which help the transition of tryptophan, a serotonin precursole acts to improve mood and decrease anxiety.

magnesium, which has a relaxing effect and combat stress.

phenylethylamine that, due to its similar structure to amphetamines and has a 'reputation as an anti-depressant. Regular consumption can cause a reduction of stress and its consequences.

exhilarates

When you eat chocolate, you feel good, physically and mentally. However, despite containing many substances that act on the brain, experts agree that the minimum amounts that we consume are not sufficient to justify the well-being experienced.

The secret would then in his pleasant and comforting flavor, which promotes the secretion of endorphins in our bodies when we eat it.

increases good cholesterol

Denying chocolate because it suffers high dicolesterolo? Useless. Sure, chocolate is fat, so rich in cocoa butter. But essentially brings the body lipid "good" mono-unsaturated fatty acids, favored intestinal absorption.

an experiment (J. Marsu) showed that after 3 weeks of treatment base of dark chocolate, 75g per day, ilcolesterolo HDL ("good") increased by 11, 4%, while LDL ("bad") decreased by 11.9%.

protects the cardiovascular system

The chocolate is not a food esclusivalente fat and sugar ("empty calories") like so many others.

In it contains many substances that are good for the cardiovascular system:

of tannins, that are part of the polyphenols, particularly the flavonols, which have an antioxidant and fight free radicals which may affect the tissues and cause cardiovascular problems.

of vitamin E, beta-carotene and delrame that also have an antioxidant effect.

potassium which lowers blood pressure.

lipid ipocolesteromizzanti. This is especially true for dark chocolate.

Some studies indicate that moderate consumption (less than 10 g per day ie a picture) enough to take advantage of the benefits of chocolate.

fattening

You can not 'deny: chocolate is a food calorie, fat and sugar. Nevertheless, several studies show that most people are overweight or obese ... do not eat chocolate!

In Italy, its consumption - among adults as among children - is low, and its role on the provision calorie, low (less than 4%). You can not therefore be held responsible for obesity, though of course, a person who abuses them every day the balance will go crazy!