Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Myth or reality: what really happens to your body when you eat chocolate

There is good news for chocolate lovers. And it is that its basic ingredient, cocoa, reports multiple benefits for our body and even improves our mood.

This was explained by María del Carmen Iñarritu Pérez, professor at the Department of Public Health of the Faculty of Medicine (FM) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). The expert said that cocoa, among other advantages, has anti-inflammatory effects, provided by phytochemicals -or antioxidant substances- that the plant generates for its protection.

In addition, she pointed out that cocoa contains nitric oxide, which . . .

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