Couverture Chocolate - Health Benefits
Chocolate was first created around 5,000 years ago, by the Aztec and Mayan peoples. It took till the 16th century for it to be brought to Europe and its popularity continues to grow! Boutique chocolate shops are flourishing! Dark couverture chocolate is a very high quality chocolate, and has the most beneficial components for health! It contains 32-39 per cent cocoa butter, and therefore has the highest level of flavonoids, which offer the health benefits. mader-couverture Our skin loves flavonoids! These contain antioxidants, and so allow the skin to be glowing and healthy by reducing the number of free radicals. The flavonoids help to protect the body from damage caused by these free radicals, which are produced by the body itself, for example, through breathing, or are created after exposure to other factors, such as pollution. Heart health is promoted through the actions of one type of flavonoid, Epicatechin. It lowers damage to the arteries. Stigmasterol and stigmaste...