Alright, Jefferson Park Spine Specialists can't hand you a piece of chocolate via the computer, but we do have the power to share some of its advantages with you.
Predominantly, chocolate is good for you, especially the dark chocolate kind. We could believe it either! Could that be why 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate are bought for Valentine's Day? (1) Probably not, but your Cleveland chiropractor hopes you get one full of dark chocolates!
Chocolate and its central ingredient, cocoa, have beneficial results for your heart, mind and body.
- Cocoa has almost 4 times greater antioxidant capacity than green tea and twice that of red wine. (2) The anti-oxidant flavanols encountered in cocoa beans decreases cell damage in heart disease and help lower blood pressure. (4,6)
- Moderate (not overly indulgent!) consumption of dark chocolate offers blood pressure lowering effects and anti-inflammatory activity. (3,6)
- The anti-oxidants and the bigger magnesium content in dark chocolate might help with constipation trouble and even speed up bowel movements! (2,5) We chiropractors know that constipation when you have back pain isn't good!
These discoveries are why Jefferson Park Spine Specialists can live with the enjoyment of dark chocolate...in moderation, of course. Mood, memory, brain function, heart, immune system and stress reduction may all benefit as well. (2) Whose day isn't taken up a notch with a piece of chocolate?!
Jefferson Park Spine Specialists stands firm that not all nutrition has to be in pill form or even
boring food form.
Check out these articles, then chat with us about the viability of adding some dark chocolate to your life at your next Cleveland chiropractic visit.
Contact us now to set that up
before all the chocolate hearts start arriving!