The debate about the benefits and dangers of chocolate has been going on for many years. But until now, modern scientists have not been able to prove that this delicacy is a medicine, as the ancient Indians believed, and even more so a means for losing weight, as many stars now think.
Chocolate is a cure for bad mood
First of all, chocolate is a delicacy. There seems to be nothing tastier than him. No wonder children love him so much? But many years ago, this product was considered just a medicine. For the first time this fact was established by the ancient Indians, then it was confirmed by modern scientists. So, according to the results of the study, chocolate has a positive effect on the cardiovascular, immune and nervous systems of the body, and also has an anti-cancer effect. Dark chocolate is especially beneficial because it has a higher cocoa content. Therefore, you should not deny the pleasure of eating a small portion of this delicacy during the day. But, of course, you need to know when to stop. The “treatment” with chocolate has a downside: it has a lot of calories, especially milk.
Uma Thurman introduced the chocolate diet
What girls will not come up with in pursuit of ideal forms! For example, the chocolate diet, which, by the way, can quite rightly add to the rating of the craziest diets, so it is not recommended to repeat it. For the first time, this mono-diet was talked about in Hollywood with the filing of the actress Uma Thurman. The diet is very simple and, according to all experienced nutritionists, is very harmful and dangerous. It consists in the following: during the week you need to eat 100 grams of dark chocolate every day and … nothing else! Of course, you will lose weight, but rather as a result of dehydration and exhaustion of the body. And when you return to your normal diet, the kilograms will return again, and twice. And you’ll be lucky if you don’t get stomach problems after such a week of “healthy” lifestyle.
Chocolate is also used for cosmetic purposes.
If snacking on chocolate, as already mentioned, you need to be careful, then there are no restrictions on the use of its components for cosmetic purposes. There are many procedures for the face and body using this product. The most common is a chocolate wrap. Thanks to him, you can get not only a charge of good mood and vivacity (one chocolate aroma is worth it!), But also restore skin tone and smoothness.
You can also please your skin at home. Now there are a lot of beauty products that contain an ingredient of this delicacy – these are face and body creams, lotions and shower gels, shampoos, fragrances …