Created By: Nyimas Irina Silvani

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Chocolate
Chocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the
seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been
cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and
South America, with its earliest documented use around 1100
BC. The majority of the Mesoamerican people made
chocolate beverages, including the Aztecs, who made it into a
beverage known as xocoltl (/o.ko.lat/), a Nahuatl word
meaning "bitter water". The seeds of the cacao tree have an
intense bitter taste, and must be fermented to develop the
flavor.
Cocoa solids contain alkaloids such as theobromine and
phenethylamine, which have physiological effects on the
body. It has been linked to serotonin levels in the brain. Some
research found that chocolate, eaten in moderation, can
lower blood pressure. The presence of theobromine renders it
toxic to some animals,

especially dogs and cats.
Etymology
The word "chocolate" entered the English language from
Spanish. How the word came into Spanish is less certain, and
there are multiple competing explanations. Perhaps the most
cited explanation is that "chocolate" comes from Nahuatl, the
language of the Aztecs, from the word "chocoltl", which
many sources derived from the Nahuatl word "xocoltl"
(/o.ko.lat/) made up from the words "xococ" meaning sour
or bitter, and "tl" meaning water or drink. However, as
William Bright noted the word "chocolatl" doesn't occur in
central Mexican colonial sources making this an unlikely
derivation. Santamaria gives a derivation from the Yucatec
Maya word "chokol" meaning hot, and the Nahuatl "atl"
meaning water. More recently Dakin and Wichmann derive it
from another Nahuatl term, "chicolatl" from Eastern Nahuatl
meaning "beaten drink". They derive this term from the word
for the frothing stick, "chicoli".

Chocolate made from cacao (Theobroma
cacao). The first estimate come from North
Amazon until USA. Maybe until Chiapas, part
of South Mexico. Olmecs used free and maybe
make chocolate in along teluk beach in South
Mexico.
Chocolate contains(alkaloids):
Contains more than 300 chemical substances
Teobromin
Phenylethylamirel (the hormone that produced
when we`re happy)
Fenetilamina
Anandamida
Caffein
These substances have a physilogical effect for the
body and connected with the seratonin level in the
brain


Can calm down the heart pressure
The antioxidant could reduce the making of
free radical in the body
The bioactive substance can make we feel
comfortable
Could reduce the risk of heart disease and
keep the body immunity
Could release the stress
Carbohydrate that made by chemical
compounds in chocolate produce serotine that
helping in stimulate the brain, so makes we
feel relax

Obesity risk, the major concern that nutritionists have is that even
though eating dark chocolate may favorably affect certain
biomarkers of cardiovascular disease, the amount needed to have
this effect would provide a relatively large quantity of calories,
which, if unused, would promote weight gain. Obesity is a significant
risk factor for many diseases, including cardiovascular disease. As
a consequence, consuming large quantities of dark chocolate in an
attempt to protect against cardiovascular disease has been
described as 'cutting off one's nose to spite one's face'.
Acne, there is a popular belief that the consumption of chocolate
can cause acne. Various studies seem to show that this is the case
for high glycemic index foods in general, though the question is still
being studied. Milk is known to cause acne, including any which is
mixed with chocolate.

Dark chocolate, contain 110-120 calories
Frozen yoghurt, cup of frozen chocolate yoghurt contains
100 calories
Chocolate popsicles, with 120 calories
Hot chocolate, with 6 spoons cream milk(68 calories) and
spoon cocoa(10 calories), spoon sugar(24 calories)
Old fashioned chocolate ice cream floats (with cup
chocolate low fat and soda diet 110 calories)
Pure chocolate, a bar of pure chocolate or 7 gram pack with
36 calories
Chocolate chips, with 54 calories
Chocolate jimmies, with 20 calories
Chocolate syrup, with 50 calories in every spoon