Our Cocoa beans are the seeds of quality cacao plant that are extracted from its fruit called “pods†and dried .
Here are few health benefits that may interest you the most:
- Antioxidant effects: Cocoa beans contains flavonoids and nolic tochemicals that are good in protecting your body from free radicals.
- Rich in Minerals: Cocoa beans have a wide variety of minerals that are required by your body to function normally. Some of the minerals with higher quantities are are calcium, iron, and magnesium.
- Good Source of Fibers: Fiber helps our digestive system, reduces constipation, and lowers LDL cholesterol. Fibers are also present in the beans – about 5 grams in each ounce of raw cacao beans.
- Enhances the mood and cognitive performance: Epicatechin is a substance in cocoa that enhances the cognition and preserves it in aging. This substance also improves the mood of a person and regulates the glucose production – helps in diabetes.
- Protects the heart: Studies suggests that, antioxidants present in cocoa beans increase the antioxidant capability in our blood and reduces platelet reactivity, which results in a healthy heart.
- Lowers the blood pressure: A recent study suggests that, flavanols present in cocoa beans have the capability to lower the blood pressure.
