Benefits Of Eating Dark Chocolate

in chocolate •  5 years ago 

Dark chocolate is considered a healthy alternative to other types of chocolate because of it’s important health benefits and many nutritional values.
The following article is to know more about this type of chocolate and it’s benefits for our health.

An important source of antioxidants

Dark chocolate contains many antioxidants that help prevent oxidative stress, which over time contributes to the development of a variety of diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, eye diseases and cancer.

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Lowering blood pressure

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Flavonoids in dark chocolate help stimulate nitric oxide production in the body, which leads to the expansion of blood vessels, which improves blood flow and thus lowers blood pressure.

Reducing insulin resistance

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Insulin resistance occurs when the cells of the body stop responding to the hormone insulin, which may cause abnormally high levels of glucose in the blood, and therefore diabetes and type 2 diabetes can occur, and some studies have indicated that eating dark chocolate daily helps reduce resistance Insulin.

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