Friday, August 6, 2010

Chocolate For Body Organs

  The word chocolate comes from xocoatl (Aztec language) which means a bitter drink. Aztecs and Maya in Mexico believe that the god of Agriculture has sent a chocolate that comes from heaven to them. Cortes then took him to Spain between the years 1502-1528, and by the Spaniards bitter drink was mixed the sugar so that it tasted better. Chocolate and then spread to France, Holland and England. Complement the various delights of chocolate cake, candy also drinks. Many people think that chocolate could damage children's teeth, etc. chocolate can cause obesity. Apparently the assumption was not true, even besides delicious chocolate and add to the enjoyment of food beverages, chocolates berhasiat also for health.

a. Chocolate Can Prevent Stroke
         There are many reasons to eat chocolate. Besides the delicious taste, many research results have found many properties of chocolate for your health. Now grow again one reason to eat chocolate. This can prevent the sweet stroke.Hasil disease study conducted by Sarah Sahib from the University of Toronto, Canada says, one chocolate bars per week can prevent a person from the stroke.
Study involving nearly 50,000 people concluded that those who eat chocolate, have a tendency to ward off 22 percent more than the stroke that is not taking them. Also note, they have suffered a stroke but happy to eat chocolate, 46 percent could survive longer than those who do not eat chocolate. Thus the information quoted from the Telegraph,
Together with his partner Gustavo Saposnik, Sahib performed two studies. The first, found in approximately 44 489 people who ate chocolate every week, decreased risk of stroke by 22 persen.Penelitian both provide evidence that there are 1169 people who ate 50 grams of chocolate once a week, experienced a rapid decline in risk of death due to stroke by 46 percent rather than patients coklat.Terlalu stroke who do not eat too much chocolate can make you fat and saturated fat accumulate in the body.
Sahib Saposnik and adds that there should be further investigation to really provide strong evidence about the efficacy of stroke survivors chocolate. Flavanoid content is very rich in cocoa mentioned functions as an anti-oxidant that can ward off disease including stroke.

b. Chocolate can cure  Liver Cirrhosis 
         Kind of dark chocolate or commonly called dark chocolate could be used as an antidote cirrhotic liver disease. This conclusion was drawn from the results of research on the health benefits of chocolate conducted by researchers from Spanyol.Siroris is a scarring of the liver as a result of liver damage that has lasted long. Cirrhosis caused by various factors, including infectious hepatitis and alcohol abuse.
As reported by Reuters, called flavanol antioxidant compounds contained in dark chocolate is believed to be an important reason why chocolate is good for lowering blood pressure. Section, these chemical compounds and dilate blood flow and relaxing the muscle cell. In his study, the researchers involved 21 patients with end stage liver disease. They are given food containing 85 per cent dark chocolate proved to decrease blood pressure in the liver. This condition is called portal hypertension lower. While those who ate white chocolate or white chocolate does not indicate that condition. The results of this study were presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver in Vienna coincided with previous studies about the benefits of chocolate for your health.

(From various sources)

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