Eating a few pieces of 100% pure dark chocolate every day can not only dispel your appetite, but also help you lose weight and lower blood pressure! Federick Sademay, a French cardiac nutritionist, pointed out in his book "Activating the Body's Self-Healing Ability without Taking Medicine" that if you have the problem of uncontrolled appetite, you might as well do a very simple experiment: when you start to want to eat some greasy sweets or salty food, chew 2 to 4 pieces 100% pure dark chocolate first, and you will find that the urge to eat will suddenly stop. In addition, studies have confirmed that eating pure dark chocolate can not only control your appetite, but also help you lose weight and lower your blood pressure.
Efficacy 1/ Control appetite
Scientific research has confirmed that eating dark chocolate can control appetite, not because of psychological factors, but because of the operation of physiological mechanisms. When you are hungry, growth hormone will rise, but it will fall after meals. A study in the Netherlands shows that after inhaling the aroma of dark chocolate and eating 30 grams of dark chocolate, the growth hormone in the blood that promotes appetite is obviously reduced, and the appetite is also greatly reduced.
Eating dark chocolate in moderation every day is the best way to lose weight, but you can only eat 30 grams at most every day. Efficacy 2/ Eating pure dark chocolate can reduce body mass index.
Pure dark chocolate can not only temporarily stop hunger, but also lose weight. A recent study in the United States shows that people who often eat dark chocolate are thinner than those who don't. Although pure dark chocolate has 540 calories per100g, researchers have observed that people who eat dark chocolate have lower body mass index than those who don't.
Efficacy 3/ Improve blood vessel softness and lower blood pressure.
French people who like to enjoy high-fat foods are less likely to suffer from cardiovascular diseases than Americans. Why is this happening? In fact, France is the country with the largest consumption of dark chocolate in the world, but the French drink red wine every meal. A study in Germany pointed out that chocolate can make blood flow smoothly, thus improving the softness of blood vessels. Eating two pieces of dark chocolate regularly every day helps to lower blood pressure.
Health tips:
Eating dark chocolate has many advantages, but it should be noted that it is only effective to eat "100% pure" dark chocolate. If you choose dark chocolate with a purity of 85% or 90%, the above effect may not be achieved. I suggest you put some pure dark chocolate in your bag, office or home. As long as you feel the urge to eat, eat a few pieces of pure dark chocolate moderately to control your appetite.