New Delhi: Valentine’s week has started and today is the third day which is celebrated as Chocolate Day. Chocolate plays a very important role in our day-to-day life. So do you have any idea about how you are going to celebrate this day?
Chocolate makes people happy and with love in the air and in the season, you must not only gift chocolates to your loved ones but you must also understand and know about health benefits.
- Antioxidant Properties
Antioxidants protect the body’s cells from heart disease, cancer, and several other diseases. These help in balancing out the damaging effects of free radicals. The cocoa beans which contain flavanols are antioxidants, which reduce the damage free radicals cause to the body’s cells.
Also, you must eat chocolates that have a high percentage of cocoa in its ingredient.
- Boost Your Focus
If you are someone who cannot focus on anything and gets diverted easily then You must definitely enjoy some dar chocolates as flavanol-rich chocolate helps to improve the brain’s cognitive functions.
- Protects from skin Dehydration
If you did not know how to protect your skin by eating chocolates then you must know that antioxidants in dark chocolate can protect you when under the sun. Dark chocolates help in increasing hydration and skin density by improving the blood flow to the skin.
- Proper function of Heart
The chocolates also help in the proper functioning of the Heart, this is possible because of the antioxidants. It also lowers heart disease risks.
- Lowers Blood Pressure
Eating dark chocolates also lowers blood pressure.
