5 Amazing Health benefits of Dark Chocolate

Team Udayavani, Jun 19, 2020, 5:23 PM IST

Cacao is a plant with high levels of minerals and antioxidants and dark chocolate has much larger amounts of cacao and less sugar than commercial milk chocolate.

Here are 5 benefits of Dark chocolate

1.Research has shown chocolate stimulates neural activity in areas of the brain associated with pleasure and reward, which in turn decreases stress and improves your mood.

2.Consuming Dark chocolate could improve Blood sugar levels, and reduce the risk of developing diabetes

3.Dark chocolate plays a role in controlling appetite, which in turn could help with weight loss.

4.Dark chocolate restores flexibility to the arteries and at the same time, prevents white blood cells from sticking to the walls of the blood vessels.

5.Dark chocolate has flavonoids, particularly, epicatechin and quercetin which are believed to be responsible for the cancer-fighting properties.