Saturday, September 6, 2014

Benefits Of Cacao Tea To Your Health

By Kerri Stout


When making chocolate from cocoa beans the shell is a byproduct. This shell or husk is not a waste as it is used to make cacao tea. This tea is widely used in many parts of the world with highest numbers of users in Africa. It has many health benefits for the users.

Vitamins and minerals; minerals and vitamins are some of its numerous benefits. The Vitamin C which is greatly needed by the body is found in this cup of tea. The key ingredient used to make this tea is found in the cocoa husks which contain potassium, copper, iron, magnesium and calcium, all necessary for the body functions. When bodies lack these minerals they do not really function as well. One main example is what is used to make red blood cells; iron.

Heart health; minerals found in the cocoa help in keeping your heart health. Magnesium will keep blood flowing due to increase in heart functions from it. To survive our body needs oxygen, copper increases chances of blood cells receive oxygen which is thereafter circulated around by blood. Vitamin E in it will keep your heart health reducing chances of heart disease.

Happy moods; everyone wants to be happy and will just do about anything to be happy. Cacao is one of the ways you can increase your happiness since it increases serotonin enzyme levels in our bodies which is credited with making you happy. It is also said to increase sex drive in couples but this is not scientifically proved.

Brain function; an increase in brain activity is always beneficial to us in keeping us alert and lively. Cacao has the capability of increasing brain activity without any side effects such as headaches. It has the same effects with caffeine but it is better that caffeine which sometimes is credited for heart problems. Drinking it makes more health sense.

Fighting illness; one of the diseases that has indiscriminately faced all people across all countries and social classes is diabetes. This disease has left out no one spared, both the young and the old. There are foods that people living with diabetes have been told to really keep away from so as to better and not worsen their conditions. The people with this condition can benefit from cocoa tea because not only can they not increase blood sugar levels because it is not sweetened, it can also greatly improve cell function.

Antioxidants; cacao comes loaded with antioxidants compounds equivalent to those found in fruits, grains and vegetables. The use of antioxidants in our bodies is slowing down the aging process which most people don't like to be associated with. Cacao gives you higher antioxidants than that in green tea or in red wine. This tea will give you almost same amount of antioxidants to those in blueberries.

Listing all its benefits is almost impossible as some of them have not been found. For a healthier life, you can keep it in your kitchen cabinet; surprisingly it was once thought to be waste. Every person's wish is a long and healthy life, cocoa tea is the answer to that, because it improves serotonin in your body.




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