Eat Chocolate to Relieve Stress

Often experience stress because of the workload? Maybe you often choose to eat as a fugitive.There’s a good idea to just biting and chewing chocolate. Because according to recent research found chocolate can lower levels of stress hormones.

Since 11,000 BC the Aztecs and Maya have enjoyed chocolate as a beverage. Chocolate contains alkaloids such as theobromine and phenethylamine which psychological effect on the body. This is related to levels of serotonin in the brain.

Scientists claim that chocolate is eaten in certain amounts can lower blood pressure. Dark chocolate is recently promoted as health benefits, including the content of antioxidants that can reduce free radicals.

In a study conducted recently also demonstrated that eating dark chocolate candy as much as 40 grams per day for 2 weeks can reduce stress hormone cortisol levels also ‘fight or flight’ hormone known as catecholamine on the people affected by severe stress.

This discovery adds a row of dark chocolate benefits that have been previously known. The researchers also tried to explore the content in dark chocolate that can provide health benefits.Such as increase insulin sensitivity, lower blood pressure and improve mood.