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Chocolate :
History
Aztec people
Cultural
Drink
Medicinal 💊
Diarrhoea 💩
Fatigue 😪
Fever 🤒
Tooth decay 🦷
Angina 🫀
Benefits
Cocoa flavanols
High concentration of polyphenols
Antioxidant
Protect the body from free radicals
A rich past
In 1518
Hernan Cortes
a Spanish conquistador
return from the “New World “
Arrived in Mexico 🇲🇽
Towards the Aztec capital of tenochtitlan
chikolatl
Cocoa beans :
water 💧
Spices
Chilli 🌶
Montezuma ll
king of the Aztecs
drink around 50 times a day
Interested in the potential of cocoa
Once in Europe
a popular drink among the elite
Honey 🍯
Sugar
Cocoa beans
In the 19th century
Joseph Fry and sons
Chocolate bar 🍫
We know as chocolate today
From bean to bar
turning beans into a bar
reduces the cocoa flavanol content
lowering the antioxidant properties of the cocoa
Research
natural cocoa powder
contains almost ten times more flavanols
Cocoa that has been through this process
Chocolate bars
higher concentration of flavanols than milk chocolate
dark chocolate
Health benefits
dark chocolate and cocoa products containing at least 200mg of cocoa flavanols.
improve blood vessels elasticity.
which helps the body regulate blood pressureand blood flow to organs.
increase blood flow to the brain, which may improve cognitive performance.
reduce cognitive decline.
improved muscle recovery.
