Health benefits of cocoa
Posted on: 24/Jun/2015 9:44:29 AM
Nobody can ever deny a sip of hot cocoa. Not just for the taste it has, but for the health benefits, you will lover it more on reading through the below.
1. Prevents heart disease
2. Prevents muscular degeneration
3. Reduces risk of cancer
4. Prevents premature aging
Above are four crisp health benefits of hot cocoa. To reap all the above benefits, you need to make sure that the cocoa consumed is minimally processed. Compared to its processed forms, pure unprocessed cocoa carries four times higher antioxidants. High cocoa content with less sugar and darker in color should be how the product should be consumed.
Below are few more benefits of cocoa:
· Drinking cocoa can make you brainy by increasing your brain functioning. Flavonoids in cocoa will increase blood flow to brain which will keep it healthy and functioning good
· The antioxidant content in cocoa will fight against free radicals
· Cocoa is proven to boost ones mood. With this, it helps bid bye to your anxiety, stress and depression
· It greatly reduces the risk of heart disease. This is achieved by bringing down your blood pressure which will in turn keep your heart healthy
