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We don’t need to tell you what to do to celebrate this day, do we? Eat Chocolate! Some ways you can incorporate chocolate into this chocolate day include: Only three to four percent of "cocoa futures" contracts traded in the cocoa markets ever end up in the physical delivery of cocoa. Every year seven to nine times more cocoa is bought and sold on the exchange than exists. Flavanol-rich chocolate and cocoa products have attracted interest as nonpharmacological treatment options for high blood pressure, a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease [ 1, 2]. Even small reductions in blood pressure substantially reduce cardiovascular risk [ 3, 4]. Current guidelines strongly recommend integration of lifestyle modification and complementary treatment with the use of conventional blood pressure medications [ 5].

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What began in Sweden is now based in Toowoomba, QLD, and we’re all the more thankful for it. Making full use of its new digs, Metiisto ethically sources its cocoa beans from nearby regions like the Solomon Islands, where small-batch farmers go to great lengths to achieve the highest quality. Each and every bean is inspected by the brand before it’s roasted, winnowed, refined, conched, aged, tempered, and wrapped. One taste and you’ll know what all these awards at the International Chocolate Awards are for, including; Magazine, Smithsonian; Fiegl, Amanda. "A Brief History of Chocolate". Smithsonian Magazine . Retrieved 2022-12-01. Unroll and slice off 2 large pieces of clingfilm, overlapping them, so that you have a large cling-covered surface to roll the chocolate salame out on. Tip the chocolate mixture out in the middle of this and — using your hands, messy though this is — mould the mixture into a fat salame-like log, approx. 30cm long. Singleton VL, Rossi JA. Colorimetric of total phenolics with phosphomolybdic-phosphotungstic acid reagents. Am J Enology Viticulture. 1965; 16:144–158. [ Google Scholar] Evidence suggests that it may have been fermented and served as an alcoholic beverage as early as 1400 BC. [6]

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aSensitivity analysis excluding trial [ 16], as this trial used a notably lower dose and longer duration than the other trials included in the meta-analysis. Grassi D, Necozione S, Lippi C, Croce G, Valeri L, Pasqualetti P, Desideri G, Blumberg JB, Ferri C. Cocoa reduces blood pressure and insulin resistance and improves endothelium-dependent vasodilation in hypertensives. Hypertension. 2005; 46:398–405. doi: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000174990.46027.70. [ PubMed] [ CrossRef] [ Google Scholar] Wilson, K.; Hurst, W. Jeffrey (2015). Chocolate and Health: Chemistry, Nutrition and Therapy. Royal Society of Chemistry. p.219. doi: 10.1039/9781782622802-00218. ISBN 978-1-78262-505-6.

The relatively modest but significant blood pressure-lowering effect of cocoa in the hypertensive subgroup is clinically relevant: a decline of 5 mmHg in systolic blood pressure may reduce the risk of a cardiovascular event by about 20% over 5 years [ 46]. Furthermore, the effect of cocoa in a hypertensive population is comparable to other lifestyle modifications, such as moderate physical activity (30 min/d) may reduce SBP by 4-9 mmHg [ 5]. In the microwave (following manufacturer’s instructions), or in a heatproof bowl suspended over a saucepan of simmering water (but not touching the water), melt the chocolate until smooth. While the chocolate’s melting, put the biscuits into a large freezer bag, seal and bash them with a rolling pin until you have a bag of rubble — not dust. When the chocolate’s melted, remove it to a cold place (not the fridge) and set aside to cool. a b Terry G. Powis; W. Jeffrey Hurst; María del Carmen Rodríguez; Ponciano Ortíz C.; Michael Blake; David Cheetham; Michael D. Coe; John G. Hodgson (December 2007). "Oldest chocolate in the New World". Antiquity. 81 (314). ISSN 0003-598X . Retrieved 2011-02-15. Cultivation, consumption, and cultural use of cacao were extensive in Mesoamerica where the cacao tree is native. [4] When pollinated, the seed of the cacao tree eventually forms a kind of sheath, or ear, averaging 20" long, hanging from the tree trunk itself. Within the sheath are 30 to 40 brownish-red almond-shaped beans embedded in a sweet viscous pulp. While the beans themselves are bitter due to the alkaloids within them, the sweet pulp may have been the first element consumed by humans. Push the cocoa powder through a little sieve or tea strainer into the cooled chocolate and, with a small rubber spatula, stir till combined, then beat this into the egg mixture, too.a b c d Newquist, H. P. (2017). The book of chocolate: the amazing story of the world's favorite candy (First Americaned.). New York, New York. ISBN 978-0-670-01574-0. OCLC 919202329. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)