{"id":7568,"date":"2017-09-10T18:53:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T23:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/?p=7568"},"modified":"2019-05-22T15:29:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T20:29:12","slug":"dark-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/new\/dark-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Chocolate, Yea or Nay?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"dropcap dropcap3\" style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>W<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">hat is the first thing you think when you hear \u201cDark Chocolate\u201d?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;\">If you think dark chocolate is <em>unhealthy<\/em>, then you are wrong. Dark chocolate is known for many things. It is known as a stress reliever, slow aging, and many more! if you want to know more about Dark chocolate then scroll down.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td_text_columns_two_cols\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\"><strong>1.Dark Chocolate Slows the sign of aging : <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Scientist\u00a0proven that dark\u00a0chocolate can actually <em>slow<\/em> signs of aging. Dark chocolate has some nutrients and minerals that hydrate your skin from dehydration, they make your skin glow and make it healthy. It also means, it will slow down the wrinkles! so all you ladies out there no longer have to worry. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7573\" src=\"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/widow-1148929_12801-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"167\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\"><strong>3.Reduces your stress:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;\">Scientist also say that dark chocolate <em>reduces<\/em> stress, they proved their theory by\u00a0 conducting an experiment. They took a group and people and told them to describe their week, and how stressed they were when they come back from work. The scientist told them to take dark chocolate for a week, and by the end of the period describe how they felt. Surprisingly they found out that, their stress level was decreased, and they could come home feeling untroubled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7574\" src=\"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/clerk-18915_1280-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"213\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\"><strong>5.Lowers your blood pressure:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">tudy says that in dark Chocolate has <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">50-70 percent<\/span><\/em> of cocoa. The participants in the experiment all had dark chocolate everyday for at least a month. The data shows that since they started eating dark chocolate continuously, the blood pressure <em>decreased<\/em> dramatically. It helped lower their blood pressure to the right amount.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7575\" src=\"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/vaccination-2722937_1280-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"179\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>2.Improves your mood:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;\">Dark chocolate decreases bad mood\u00a0because, the chocolate has an ingredient called cocoa which is actually <em>good<\/em> for your brain. It lightens the bad mood and you become happier. For example, have you ever noticed kids become more happy when they eat chocolate? well now you know! It all happens with one bite of chocolate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7576\" src=\"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/girl-2287113_1280-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">4<\/span>.Helps control blood sugar: <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Blood sugar, is the sugar that the bloodstream carries to all the cells in your body to supply energy. Some people have too much, or too low, and cannot control\u00a0it, but dark chocolate can. Dark chocolate <em>increase\u00a0<\/em>levels of nitric oxide in the body which helps the blood to relax, open up, and <em>control<\/em> the blood sugar. It works because of the cocoa\u00a0in the dark chocolate.\u00a0\u00a0Cocoa has rich minerals like iron, magnesium, phosphorous, copper and manganese.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7577\" src=\"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/diabetes-777001_1280-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">6. Decreases your chance of a heart <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\">disease<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Heart disease are very deadly, and tremendously mournful.Heart disease can cause a heat attack which can lead to death. Many people suffer from this, and \u00a0lose a loved one, which is dreadful. But we can<em> prevent<\/em> heart diseases, and make our bodies a safe environment, for yourself, and for others around you. Dark chocolate can help you do that. The dark chocolate has a powder that is mixed in with it, it has minerals that other items don&#8217;t have.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7579\" src=\"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/treatment-1327811_1280-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By reading this article, \u00a0you can see how dark chocolate has many effects on us. We can prevent any future diseases, reduce stress levels, and have carefree life!<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0We can live our life to the fullest and do what we want because we know, deep within us, that dark chocolate saves our lives. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Written by:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Diya<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Image credit:<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pixabay.com\"> http:\/\/Pixabay.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dark chocolate is actually healthy for your body. It can reduce diseases, \u00a0helps control your body fluids. Dark Chocolate is shown to be good source for health, and body.<br \/>\nDark chocolate decreases bad mood\u00a0because, the chocolate has an ingredient called cocoa which is actually good for your brain. It lightens the bad mood and you become happier. For example, have you ever noticed kids become more happy when they eat chocolate? well now you know! It all happens with one bite of chocolate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":7570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[467],"tags":[244,245,246,248,249,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-7568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-wellness","8":"tag-chocolate","9":"tag-coco","10":"tag-diya","11":"tag-food","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-living-librarian"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14395,"href":"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7568\/revisions\/14395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglibrarian.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}