Chocolates – It is one of the popular sweet among youngsters and children. Now adults also like chocolates in every occasion either religious festival or any gathering party. Most of the chocolate is present in cake, ice cream, pudding, candy, and pastry.  

Chocolate is made up of the seeds of a cacao bean, sugar, and milk so the taste of chocolate is sweet. At present, chocolate is also a good option as sweets in several religious festivals so it is more popular.

Types of chocolates – Chocolates are available in three different types of chocolates such as white chocolate, milk chocolate, and dark chocolate. White chocolates are sweeter than milk and dark chocolate and are made up of cocoa butter. Dark chocolate has less sweet and is made up of 60 to 85 percent of cocoa so it has the strongest chocolate flavor.

Benefits of chocolates – There are some of the benefits of chocolates are as given below –

1. Due to the anti-inflammatory effect in chocolates, it helps in preventing inflammation that is responsible for several health issues as per the study.
2. As per the study, chocolate can increase blood flow and lowers the risk of blood clots.
3. Chocolate helps in regulating the feel-good hormones dopamine and serotonin that promote good or boost mood.
4. As per research, chocolate contains cocoa that may improve, attention and beneficial for good memory.
5. Due to large amounts of flavonoids in chocolate, it lowers the risk of a heart attack.
6. Dark chocolate may reduce the level of bad cholesterol (LDL) and improve good cholesterol (HDL) and blood pressure.
7. Dark chocolate contains flavanols that have both antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that lower the risk of getting cancer.
8. Cocoa is present in dark chocolate that may increase blood flow and lower blood pressure which is also good for the heart.
9. Dark chocolate is very nutritious as it contains high amounts of magnesium, iron, fiber, and copper.
10. As per the study, dark chocolate contains cocoa and helps in increasing blood flow to the skin that may protect from sunburn
11. Dark chocolate may improve brain function as it increases the blood flow as per the study.

Conclusions – In this discussion, we conclude that chocolates are beneficial for your health. But if you consume a large number of chocolates daily then it increases the weight. Due to the high calorie in chocolates, it increases the weight and also responsible for tooth decay.