The Lighter Side of Dark Chocolate: Take It to Heart

By George Rapitis MS. Nutritionist

Have high blood pressure?
Try a square of dark chocolate.
Worried about
cardiovascular disease?
Snack on some dark chocolate chips.

From the time of the Aztec Indians, the cocoa bean has been cherished as a food of the gods. They may have been on to something because in this book, George Rapitis shows how dark chocolate contains powerful flavonoids that can help promote heart health. This book is filled with delicious recipes such as that are low in calories and filled with antioxidants coming from dark chocolate.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 24, 2013
• ISBN: 9781491827086

Book preview

The Lighter

Side of

Dark Chocolate

Take it to Heart

by

George Rapitis, MS. Nutritionist

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© 2013 George Rapitis. All Rights Reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 10/10/2013

ISBN: 978-1-4918-2708-6 (e)

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Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1

Ingredients and Preparation of Cocoa

Chapter 2

Dark Chocolate 101

Chapter 3

Yes, Believe It, Chocolate Can Be Good For You!

Chapter 4

Nutrients In Dark Chocolate Make Brown Beautiful!

Chapter 5

Dark Chocolate and Your Heart — A Happy Marriage

Chapter 6

Overview of Good Blood Flow and Dark Chocolate

Chapter 7

Chocolate + A Healthy Heart = Loving Indulgence

Recipes For the Heart

Introduction

The health benefits of chocolate have always had a long history dating back thousands of years. Legend has it that Montezuma, the great Aztec emperor who was the ruler of a extraordinary civilization in central Mexico in the 1st millennium AD, drank 50 golden chalices daily filled with chocolate as dense as molasses. Even then, chocolate was a luxury held with great regard. Much later in history, Christopher Columbus was credited with bringing cacoa beans to Spain following his third journey to the New World in 1502-1504.

In more recent times, during World War II, the U.S. government recognized chocolate’s role in the nourishment and morale of the Allied Armed Forces, that it made special room for the shipping and importation of chocolate bars to troops. Many soldiers appreciated the quick boost of energy and nourishment received