Potential health effects

Do you know whether there is any effect on our body chocolate and cocoa?

Efficacy of a variety of cocoa polyphenols
  Active oxygen which is said to be the cause of various diseases such as cancer and arteriosclerosis. Have drawn attention now, and that is working to reduce the polyphenol. Polyphenol is included in many red wine, chocolate is are contained in a large amount of much more than that.

1.Prevent hardening of the arteries.
  Cocoa polyphenols, prevent hardening of the arteries or from proceeding cholesterol accumulates in the fibers of the arteries, in response to oxidized LDL-cholesterol, has been confirmed by the rat and human.

2.Hope to cancer prevention
  Are many mechanisms of cancer is a place still unknown, but has been left, mutagens cause mutations in the DNA of the cells first, cancer caused by activated cells promoting substances came to the cans and then I thought then.
However, when added at the same time as the cocoa polyphenols mutagens in vitro, cell DNA mutation that is suppressed when I was confirmed.

3.Overcome stress
  Was given a cocoa polyphenol in rats under stress physically, I was found to adapt well to stress. That the resistance is strengthened even for psychological stress was confirmed also.

4. Effect on allergy and rheumatic
  Allergies such as hay fever and atopic dermatitis has become a major issue as one of the modern disease, was given a cocoa polyphenols in mouse, working excessive active oxygen that causes the allergy was significantly suppressed. Where people were asked to eat a chocolate further, I have seen the same effect.

+Cocoa suppress the pathogen, also effective for wound healing+
  Such as suppressing O-157 pathogenic E. coli is known for food poisoning and heavy Helicobacter pylori associated with gastric ulcer or deep is the increase, in addition to be effective in bacterial infections, cocoa patients with severe drinking cocoa every day to heal the wound that has been confirmed faster.


+Not fat in chocolate+
  There are chocolate experiments challenged fat! Into this common misconception. When compared with standard diet-raised rats, the rats were replaced in the 20% of the diet chocolate, no difference in body weight if the calories the same, I could not see obesity as well. What did you eat much more than looking for causes of what fat is the important thing I was not been verified.


+Effective in preventing dental caries in cocoa component+
  The green tea and oolong tea that contains the ingredients effective anticaries is known, the components cocoa is effective to reduce the bacterial caries than those suppress the progression of dental caries in rats infected with bacteria cavities addition I have also found.


+Scent of chocolate enhances mental activity+
  That the smell of chocolate will raise attention and concentration, memory skills, but was confirmed from the experiments and learning brain waves of people, it is more ate chocolate Furthermore, it was found that the reaction time of the start of the track and field is shorter .

+The mineral-rich chocolate+
  Chocolate is a nutritionally balanced food rich in minerals calcium, magnesium, iron, and zinc. It is a good balance of calcium and magnesium in particular want to pay attention. Magnesium insufficient to increase the risk of heart disease is generally known.