Chocolate is small, hot and sweet. Studies have found that chocolate contains antioxidants contained in red wine. The composition of chocolate is similar to that of chocolate, in which the contents of protein, dietary fiber and vitamin E are slightly higher than that of chocolate, and other ingredients such as fat, carbohydrate and energy are similar to chocolate, all of which are made of cocoa powder as the main raw material. Chocolate is a transliteration of foreign words. At first, Cubans and Mexicans called a soft drink made from wild cocoa "chocolate", while Spaniards called this soft material chocolate.
The efficacy and function of chocolate: nutritional components of chocolate
1. Chocolate can relieve depression and make people excited;
2. Chocolate plays an important role in concentrating, strengthening memory and improving intelligence. Some drivers use chocolate as a mental stimulant to improve their driving ability, and students taking exams can also use it to strengthen their brains.
3. Eating chocolate is beneficial to control the content of cholesterol, keep the elasticity of capillaries, and has the function of preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases;
4. The content of catechuic acid in chocolate is as much as that in tea. Catecholic acid can enhance immunity, prevent cancer and interfere with the blood supply of tumors;
5. Chocolate is an antioxidant food, which has a certain effect on delaying aging;
6. Chocolate is rich in carbohydrates, fat, protein and all kinds of minerals, which are absorbed and digested by the human body very quickly, so it is called "midwifery Hercules" by experts. If the mother eats some chocolate properly before labor, she can get enough strength to promote the opening of the cervix as soon as possible and give birth smoothly, which is very beneficial to both mother and baby;
7. People with heartburn should avoid eating chocolate, especially if their hearts feel burning after eating chocolate. This is because chocolate contains a substance that can make stomach acid overflow from the stomach.
8. Chocolate can relieve mood, concentrate, strengthen memory and improve intelligence, prevent cardiovascular diseases, enhance immunity, prevent cancer, interfere with blood supply to tumors, and have certain effects on delaying aging.
Eating taboos of chocolate
1. Chocolate is high in calories, and its proportion of nutrients does not meet the needs of children's growth and development; 2. Japanese research believes that chocolate can prevent dental caries, but it is easy to cause dental caries because of the high sugar content in general chocolate; 3. Diabetic patients should eat less chocolate, or they can eat light chocolate specially; 4. Women who eat too much chocolate during menstruation will aggravate menstrual irritability and breast pain; Don't eat chocolate when drinking milk, because oxalic acid in chocolate will combine with calcium in milk to form calcium oxalate, so that calcium can't be fully utilized.