Hello to all steem community. in my new post I give you to know the benefits and properties of cocoa, and the importance of consuming for those friends who do not know much about this fruit, I will show you a little of it.
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Cocoa is known as the food of the gods, since the Aztecs and Mayas paid tribute for its great nutritional properties and of course its pleasant taste.
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Three substances can be extracted from the cocoa seed: cocoa liquor, cocoa butter and cocoa powder. All of them are used to make different products, both edible and beauty; coverage of chocolate, chocolate desserts, bread, mole, soaps, creams, shampoo, among others.
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The 10 most important benefits of cocoa
Nutritional properties
1.-Cocoa tops the list of foods with the highest antioxidant content, almost similar to green tea and red wine.2.- It contains 50% fat in the form of lard, between 11 and 12% of proteins, 7 and 8% of starch, and the rest is constituted by water, fiber, essential organic acids and in small quantities has sugar, theobromine, caffeine and 300 more substances.
3.- The highest magnesium content is found mainly when consumed raw.
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To your health
4.- Cocoa is wonderful for health, due to the power of its antioxidants, is associated with a protective action in the prevention and development of different pathologies due to oxidative stress, such as; cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, liver, gastric, colon, and diabetes.
5.- Relieves stress thanks to theobromine, which stimulates the central nervous system, is softer than caffeine, and its effect is longer.
6.- Consumption of dark chocolate with 60 or 70% cocoa can lower the levels of bad cholesterol (LDL) and increase the good (HDL).
7.- Excellent for sexual performance. Its chemicals such as phenylethylamine, anandamide, and serotonin, are neurotransmitters responsible for stimulating endorphins in the brain responsible for feelings of well-being, pleasure, euphoria and excitement.
For your beauty
8.- Not ingested, but in the form of topical products, it has benefits of hydration for the hair and the reduction of cellulite.
9.- A great antioxidant for the skin thanks to its flavonoids that protect against cellular damage exerted by free radicals.
10.- It is a natural photoprotector, so it can help to prevent skin cancer.
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My dear friends of Steem, thank you very much for taking part of your time to read my new Post. I hope you could have liked it, especially those people who did not know how beneficial it is to consume cocoa and the properties that it contains.
I also advance the topic of my next Post, where I will bring you step by step how to prepare chocolates (derived from Cocoa). Today I thank God for allowing me to develop a new skill, which is to make chocolates to market them.
Very interesting and rich your post, it causes to eat the images, and that you have not made the chocolates, I am particularly fascinated by chocolate, many congratulations friend @eumelisb, and I am already waiting with hunger the next post of chocolate, you can send a chocolate test.
Thank you very much, hahaha, I'll upload it soon. I'm glad you liked my publication.
Greetings friend @ msmm1964
thanks😊 for the wonderful story🍫
Thank you very much for reading my publication. Soon I will publish about chocolate
Excellent post!
Thank you very much