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Hello welcome back and the joke of theDrJoe.com Right so what are we talking about today?
We're talking about the health benefits of eating dark chocolate health benefits of eating dark chocolate
That's what we got here dark chocolate benefits now
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So having said that let's get on with it. Now before I start because when you talk about
chocolate products
Dark chocolate in particular, that's a very broad range of all of these products.
Now, I've got a few samples yet, and I want to demonstrate for you now
You've got this end of the spectrum You've got
Look at that that's Green & Blacks 70% dark chocolate and then you've got
Come in here is a supermarket brand of 70% dark chocolate as well
Then here's Lindt's
brand of 90% dark chocolate. 90% that's this one and
Then the other end of the spectrum you've got
something like
milk chocolate okay milk chocolate and
then you got this this is a
Moser Roth's brand of white chocolate
Now in terms of the health benefits that you actually get from eating back chocolates you should concentrate on
this type. You know 70% dark chocolate, 90& dark chocolate. The more the
Concentration of cocoa solids that you have within the chocolate the better. That's what you actually get the health benefits what am I saying?
I'm saying that something like this
White chocolate this is rubbish. This makes no sense at all you never get any benefits from eating this
So I wanted to say that before we dive into the health benefits of actually consuming dark chocolate
Right now we've established the fact that for you to actually derive the health benefits of dark chocolate, you
Need to eat the chocolate bars with high concentrations of the dark chocolates in itself, so we're talking about
things like 70% dark chocolate
90% dark chocolate 70, 90
milk chocolate totally useless
totally useless
Discarded! So if in fact to choose between these two 70% and 90% I'll go for 90%
The more cocoa solids you have within the chocolate bar, the better. That's when you actually get the real benefits
That's where the benefits building actually begin to add up now
to answer the question :
Is Dark chocolate good for you. Well the answer to that question is yes, it is yes
It is dark chocolate is good for you
And there are three reasons why dark chocolate is good for you. The 1st reason is that chocolate has a lot of antioxidants
dark chocolate contains a lot of antioxidants
Second reason it contains a substance called Phenylethylamine
Phenylethylamine, abbreviated as PEA what a weird abbreviation
and the third reason is
Dark chocolate actually improves blood flow it improves blood flow so those benefits
we're talking about they actually stem from all those three reasons and
So we're going to be talking about benefits next. So for a start dark chocolate is healthy dark chocolate is good for you
Now, the 1st reason you want to consume dark chocolate is the fact that chocolate is actually good for your mood. Yes
Dark chocolate is a mood elevator because it contains cacao now
You remember I talked about the fact that the actually an actually contains a substance called Phenylethylamine PEA
that PEA substance is actually good for the production of endorphins in the brain
So you have my endorphins, but neurotransmitters in the brain?
That elevates your mood, so that's a very good reason risk for consuming dark chocolate
The next reason you want to consume dark chocolate is
Dark chocolate may help with premature aging. Yes dark chocolate can help with premature aging
Why is that is because that chocolate has a lot a lot of antioxidants?
Don't forget that dark chocolate
actually is made from cacao and cacao is one of the best sources of
Antioxidants out there. There are other plant sources of antioxidants like green tea
But Green Tea cannot match the type and level of antioxidants you have in cacao
Now what do these antioxidants do? Well they mop up
You know oxygen free radicals in the body when you have all these free radicals floating around your body that
Can accelerate the aging process and if you've got antioxidants mopping them up?
Then of course you slow down the process so that's one benefit of actually
eating
Cacao and dark chocolate. Another reason you eat dark chocolate is fact that dark chocolate is the rich source of magnesium
yes dark chocolate will supply you with lots and lots of magnesium and
Don't forget like I've mentioned before
Dark chocolate is made from cacao and cacao has lots of magnesium
what do you need magnesium for? Well you need magnesium for nerves and
muscular activity
When you have muscular tension if you have lots of magnesium floating around that will relieve the tension in your muscles
And you also need magnesium for Nerve conduction activity in the brain so when you have lots of magnesium
You are actually boosting
neuromuscular potential
The next reason you want to eat dark chocolate is the fact that dark chocolate does
improve blood flow
We mentioned that before at the beginning of this presentation
I talked about the fact that that's dark chocolate does improve blood flow in the body. Why is that? Well it's because
Dark chocolate is actually made from cacao and cacao has you know the potential to boost nitric oxide production in the body yes
Nitric oxide production is facilitated by cacao. Now when you eat dark chocolate then you're gonna boost production of nitric oxide anybodyís
What does nitric oxide nitric oxide do? Nitric oxide actually relaxes blood vessels within the body. So, when your heart.
Pumps the blood through to the blood vessels, the blood flows through very easily
supplying oxygen and nutrients to
The rest of your body because the actions are well and truly relaxed
Now what does this mean? It means when you eat lots of that dark chocolate and in particular cacao
You are reducing your risk of developing heart disease. You're reducing your risk of developing strokes
You are reducing your risk of developing what we call peripheral vascular disease as well, and there's by extension
You might say well you might say
There's a potential that you may be reducing your risk of developing Alzheimer's. That is not proven
But in theory that could happen. Well, the next reason stems from the last one. We talked about nitric oxide production
And what does this mean for our blood pressure? It means dark chocolate can support
blood pressure regulation
The reason is because nitric oxide relaxes the blood vessel. That means the average flow diameter within the vessel is
wider and when this when this happens the blood flows through very easily and the global blood pressure is
lower
compared to somebody who does not eat Dark chocolate and
It's mainly because of cacao everything stems from cacao and don't forget like I always I've always said you want to eat
dark chocolate
With lots of cocoa solids in them. So we're talking about good 90% or higher
Right the next benefit is insulin sensitivity
Now what does this mean?
Dark chocolate does promote insulin sensitivity and this has been studied. What does insulin sensitivity mean?
It means you need very small amount of insulin to actually clear glucose from circulation into the cells
When you're insulin sensitive, you only need small amounts. When your insulin resistant?
You need lots and lots of insulin because these cells are resistant
they don't allow glucose to get into the cell so you have high blood sugar levels and
Your insulin level is high, hitting the roof - Hyperinsulinemia, that's called
when you're insulin resistant. But when you're insulin sensitive, it is the direct opposite of that and
Dark chocolate actually promotes that. It means that you when you eat because your cells are insulin sensitive
the glucose in the circulation actually gets cleared from circulation into the cells very quickly
Because you just need very small amount of insulin your cells already sensitive
They're responsive to a little knock on the door by insulin say please let sugar in and
The cells will just open the door and let the glucose in that's insulin sensitivity when your insulin sensitive the door opens very quickly
Because these cells are responsive
But when your insulin resistant, your body cells don't usually open the door to allow glucose into the cells
So you don't want to be insulin resistant,
You want to be insulin sensitive and dark chocolate because it's made from cacao
Does promote insulin sensitivity?
Right the last benefit we're going to talk about is Cholesterol
Is dark chocolate good for cholesterol? Well, it turns that it is good for cholesterol
This has been studied and in those studies they found that
participants who actually had dark chocolate had lower levels of LDL cholesterol
LDL cholesterol is the bad cholesterol whilst
Boosting the level of HDL cholesterol. HDL cholesterol is the good cholesterol. So, dark chocolate made from cacao
actually reduces bad cholesterol while boosting the level of good cholesterol
And this is a good thing because it's protective for your heart
It reduces your risk of developing heart attacks, and it actually protects your heart and your blood vessels so that's a good thing
So here's the reminder I've talked to learn about all of these health benefits of
Eating dark chocolate, and I've always emphasized the fact that for you to actually get these benefits
You need to eat chocolate bars with
Plenty of cocoa solids in them plenty of cocoa solids, okay, it's gotta be 70% or higher
Preferably this 90% 90% or 95% the more cocoa solids the better that's when you actually get these health benefits
Okay, I just need to emphasize that. Now
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There are more benefits that I didn't talk about in this video, so there we go
Until next time don't forget dark chocolate is healthy for you
It's good for you, so long as you eat the healthy type. Not the white chocolate type. Not the milk chocolate type
It's got to be 70% or higher. Preferably 90% or higher, okay with cocoa solids
That's the type of dark chcolate I want you to eat. Until next time, take care
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