Chocolate Can Be Good for You
Chocolate Can Be Good for You
This chapter deals with the long-reported health benefits of chocolate consumption. It examines the use, by the Mayans and Aztecs, of their chocolate drink, which was often mixed with other plant-based remedies, to treat various ailments, and its use in Europe and beyond as both a nutritious food and a medicine. The chapter also examines the more recent experimental studies which report beneficial effects of chocolate on cardiovascular health and neurodegenerative diseases, effects which are attributed largely to flavanols present in chocolate. The chapter also looks at the current debate about whether chocolate should be considered as food or medicine.
Keywords: chocolate, medicine, Mayans, Aztecs, cardiovascular health, neurodegenerative diseases, flavanols, food
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