Life Happens, Chocolate Helps: 3 Surprising Ways Chocolate Helps
Happy Chocolate Day! As we celebrate one of our favourite ingredients, let's sink our teeth into some interesting ways that chocolate helps. Did you know that chocolate was used as currency during the Mayan times? That was how much they loved and treasured cacao. A familiar predecessor of how we stash our most precious chocolate treasures in a discreet corner of the fridge for an indulgent middle-of-the-night treat! 1. Listen to Your Heart Chocolate is not just good for the emotional aspects of our heart, but also for our literal, physical heart. The compounds in dark chocolate appear to guard against oxidation of LDL, i.e. bad cholesterol. As such, less bad cholesterol stay within the arteries and as a result,...