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Why hot chocolate is healthier than Hot Chocolate

There is a significant difference between Hot Cocoa and hot chocolate. These terms used interchangeably, but the distinction is in the nutritional properties. hot cocoa is made from raw cocoa powder, chocolate is pressed to remove fat from cocoa butter. Hot Chocolate is made from melted chocolate bars in a cream or powder form. Often, hot chocolate has a high sugar and fat content and low content of cocoa. Cocoa can be very good for you, especially if it minimizes the sugar and fat.

Hot cocoa has been around for a long time and a good reason. It is a powerful antioxidant beverages you can drink, plus it is natural and delicious! Archaeologists have found that civilization oldest in the Americas, the Olmec (1500-400 BC), were probably the first users of cacao. The Mayans continued consuming based drinks made with beans. Chocolatl was the name of a drink made from roasted cocoa beans, water and spices and was consumed voraciously by the aristocracy. They drank the cocoa, but most of all grains have also appreciated as currency.

Drink of the Gods

Originally these ancient people drank and unsweetened version of hot chocolate. This hot chocolate recipe a mixture of ground cocoa beans, water, wine, and peppers. Soon the Spanish begin heating the mixture adding sweeteners like sugar. In England, added milk and created a sweet drink after dinner.

Today people are discovering the powerful nutritional benefits of cocoa beans. The Recent research has found that flavonoids in chocolate are more powerful than vitamins such as ascorbic acid in protecting circulating lipids oxidation. And researchers found that people who eat chocolate and candy to three times per month live almost a year longer than people who eat too much or people move away from the junk altogether. (This is a study in the Harvard University School of Public Health)

Now that we understand that cocoa is good for us, how can we ensure that we are receiving health benefits of cocoa rich chocolate? First get pure cocoa powder. Can be identified by its dark brown color and bitter taste. Then try mixing hot water and low fat milk or milk substitutes, like soy or coconut milk powder. Add a natural sweetener like agave nectar, honey or turbinado sugar.

Hot cocoa provides more antioxidants

Although the cocoa beans have 500 times more antioxidants than blueberries, and studies indicate that adding a diary product actually blocks the body's ability to absorb properly. With the to obtain the most antioxidants, ground cocoa mixed with liquids for hot chocolate milk, smoothies or milkshakes. You can enjoy drinking cocoa if hot or cold, but heating the cocoa triggers the release of more antioxidants.

For many years the common conception of hot cocoa was that of a commercially prepared mixture of packages that was basically sugared flavored chocolate became an instant powdered sugar and aimed at children. Now adults find that the drink he wanted as children are better than taking vitamins! Take the hot chocolate and pure and enjoy the best tasting health drink available.

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Darren Craddock is an expert in Naturopathy, Nutrition, Herbology,
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