
Protect your Heart, Eat Chocolate every Day
Physionic
Jun 17, 2024
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Choose dark chocolate with 70% or higher cocoa for cardiovascular benefits
To get the cardiovascular benefits, you must consume dark chocolate with a high cocoa content, specifically 70% or more.
Choose dark chocolate tested for heavy metals
It is critical to ensure your dark chocolate is from a seller that tests for unhealthy heavy metals like cadmium, lead, and arsenic.
Consume cocoa daily to lower cardiovascular events
In a massive trial with over 20,000 people, daily cocoa consumption for four years led to fewer cardiovascular events and deaths compared to a placebo.
Utilize flavanols to enhance heart health through nitric oxide
Flavanols in cocoa, like epicatechin, increase nitric oxide to relax blood vessels while also inhibiting molecules that cause constriction.
Leverage theobromine in cocoa to lower blood pressure
A molecule in cocoa called theobromine helps lower blood pressure by preventing the breakdown of a key molecule that relaxes the vasculature.
Choose undutched chocolate for maximum flavanol benefits
You should select chocolate that is 'undutched,' as the Dutching process can lower the content of beneficial flavanols.
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