Making an assessment of chocolate found in three basic factors:
1. It is a toxic chemical and inherent. The substance that contains so-called “Theobromine” causes stimulation in the central nervous system, lack of sleep, insomnia, depression and anxiety. It also contains “tannins“, a substance that causes cancer in the digestive tract.
Children who drink milk with cocoa have wetting problem at night in bed. The cocoa also interferes with calcium absorption because chocolate contains oxalic acid. The cocoa milk encourages children to consume more calories from sugar and fat, this increases weight.2. The chocolate drink becomes an additive because it is tasty. Leads to form a habit because it contains several substances additive as “alkaloids”, “pyrolysates” and more. A large quantity of sugar is needed to make chocolate
appetizing. Furthermore, various oils must be combined with chocolate to remove the taste is not pleasant to the grain (cocoa).
Generally, added to chocolate milk, sugar and oil to make him rich, becoming a food injurious to health. Any amount of chocolate consumed, however slight, is due to fermentation and obstruction in the digestive system.
3. Chocolate pollution leads to consuming it. Cocoa beans are produced in countries where hygiene standards are long overdue.
Cocoa is a beautiful little tree that grows in tropical regions of the world where millions of pounds of chocolate, cocoa and other derivatives are produced annually. The cocoa is defined as food that is prepared by heating at high temperatures the grains (cocoa). Chocolate is the food prepared with the cocoa solid ground. Contains at least 50% fat.
Source: http://www.alimentacion-sana.com.ar/Informaciones/novedades/choclate%20y%20salud.htm
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