The article discusses the potential health benefits of chocolate, particularly dark chocolate, due to compounds called flavanols found in cocoa, and describes several products that contain high levels of cocoa including chocolate bars from Tripple Red Corp. and CocoaWell dietary supplements from ...
But before you gobble up all those chocolates, remember this: being heart healthy doesn't make chocolate any better for your waistline. That's why you should choose a small piece of dark – not white or milk chocolate – to get the heart healthy benefits of: Increasing your blood flow; I...
Heart-Healthy Chocolate: Dark and Bitter Treat. 来自 EBSCO 喜欢 0 阅读量: 13 作者:Johannes,Laura 摘要: The article discusses the potential health benefits of chocolate, particularly dark chocolate, due to compounds called flavanols found in cocoa, and describes several products that contain high ...
Cocoa and chocolate foods produced by appropriate methods can contribute significant amounts of heart-healthy flavanols to the diet. These flavanols may enhance cardiovascular health by delaying blood clotting, improving vascular endothelial function, and helping to moderate inflammation. The benefits of ...
Even with all of the health benefits of chocolate, you can still have too much of a good thing. Your best bet is to stick to about an ounce of chocolate per day. Another plus of eating dark chocolate is the taste is much stronger than milk chocolate so you may find that your sweet ...
Dark chocolate is rich in flavonols, which are healthy antioxidants that also are found in fruits, vegetables, green tea, red wine, etc. Flavonoids give dark chocolate a slightly bittersweet taste. They also provide cardiovascular benefits, such as helping to reduce the risk of developing heart ...
Forget the oysters and the champagne this Valentine’s Day. If you want to keep your true love’s heart beating strong, dark chocolate and red wine are the food and drink of love, said Susan Ofria, clinical nutrition manager at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital
And being heart-healthy doesn’t mean that you can never eat a hamburger, a piece of pizza or a chocolate sundae. It just means you shouldn’t eat them every day or even every week. When you eat not-so-great food, the FDA recommends dietary tradeoffs. So, if you eat a breakfast ...
we see little hint in the literature that they are being investigated to prevent CVD. We should remember though how the major chocolate companies appear to perform unpublished proprietary research. For example, both Mars and Callebaut market proprietary chocolate brands, which they claim are manufactur...
according to UCLA Health. It also supports an abundance of flavonoids, which are the same antioxidants found in nuts, dark chocolate and red wine. Flavonoids reduce the risk of heart disease by 8% according to studies. And sipping black tea every day helps reduce blood pressure, and mitigate...