We've been seeing that flavanols in dark cocoa may have a definite affect on blood pressure, cardiac wellness and more. Now there's some signs that high flavanol cocoa may help individuals during exercise. New research shows high flavanol chocolate helped big and obese people with their blood pressure while exercising.
So, basically, it could be that high flavanol dark cocoa can make it easier for chubby people to go to the gym. We are seeing a number of dark chocolate studies that are consistently showing us the dark chocolate health benefits. Mix that with new research on dark chocolate's appetite suppressing qualities and we may start to discover a whole industry pop up. The Chocolate Diet has returned! But as you see this time it has scientific dark chocolate antioxidant evidence to back it up.
Pay attention, we did not assert dark chocolate is going to cause you to shed pounds! Most chocolate to choose from at this time at your local confectionery is big in supplemented fats, refined sugars and likely is NOT high in flavanols. Most flavanols in cocoa are destroyed in the heating procedure of making chocolate candy. In point of fact, the study used a high flavanol cocoa drink. There is dark chocolate that is out there with cold processed cocoa and is not "dutched" (or alkalized), but it is not readily in the market today at your local shop.
But a high flavanol cold processed dark cocoa may support people at risk begin to exercise, reducing their risk, and commencing the process to lower their blood pressure. A blending of being able to exercise with less cardiovascular risk, with the appetite suppression qualities may be able to get an individual begin to losing weight.
Other previous studies have shown that cocoa helps with disposition (which may make it easier to start up an exercise program and feel great about it). Dark chocolate studies have shown that high flavanol cocoa may also help with inflammation which may help with exercise recovery times.
As always, verify with your primary care physician, because every person is different, before you start any new exercise or diet program. But having dark chocolate as in support of a typical fitness program sure feels good to me, I am nuts about chocolate!