The Healthiest Powder For Your Body And Overall Health
Right here is one of the most healthiest powders on the planet. It’s called cacao powder. Yes, many of you have heard of cocoa, but cacao comes from the raw cacao bean. Cocoa is heated up from cacao, so it’s been heated, and it loses some nutrients, although cacao and cocoa are both very healthy for our bodies.
But when it comes to our brain, cacao is rich in flavonoids, particular flavonoles, which have been linked to improve cognitive function, enhancing blood flow to the brain, and potentially protecting it against agerelated cognitive decline.
And when it comes to your skin, cacao’s high antioxidant content, including flavonoids and polyphenols, help protect the skin from oxidative damage caused by exposure to uv radiation and pollution, contributing to skin health and youthful appearance.
And when it comes to your mood and mental wellbeing, cacal contains various compounds, including theobromine, which acts as a mood enhancer, giving you the feeling of relaxation, calmness, serenity, and overall well being. And cacao has a direct effect on our endocrine system.
The flavonoids help support insulin sensitivity and helps reverse insulin resistance. It’s excellent for managing blood sugar levels and reducing the risk of developing insulin resistance, as well as prediabetes and diabetes.
And when it comes to gut health, cacao contains dietary fiber, which helps support digestive health by promoting regular bowel movements, as well as increasing our gut flora to keep your microbiome healthy, which directly affects the health of your immune system.
And cacao’s antioxidant properties, particularly the flavonoids and magnesium content, help reduce exercise, induce muscle damage, promotes muscle recovery, supports overall tissue health as well as muscle relaxation through your entire body, preventing Charlie horses and cramping.
And lastly, which to me is probably one of the most important aspects, what cacao can do for your body. It has amazing healing medicinal properties. When it comes to your cardiovascular system. The flavonoids found in cacao, particularly Epicatican, has been associated with amazing health benefits.
These compounds help promote healthy blood flow to all the tissues, glands, and cells. It improves the function of the endothelial cells. That’s the lining within the arteries, and it reduces the risk of blood clots.
And if you’re having high blood pressure, you definitely want to start supplementing with cacao powder because that cacao affects the internal part of the arteries, allowing it to relax and dilate.
As it dilates, more blood supply can get through to those cells, taking stress off the heart, lowering your blood pressure, and the antioxidant properties in cacao, particularly the flavonoids and polyphenols, combat oxidative stress. It reduces the damage caused by free radicals.
The antioxidant activity supports the health of the arteries and reduces the risk of clogging of the arteries that we call atherosclerosis. And lastly, when it comes to managing cholesterol, if your ldls, your low dental lipoprotein is high or your cholesterol level is high, consumption of cacao has a direct impact on cholesterol levels, help lowering it, reducing the oxidation, promoting healthier and overall cholesterol profiles.
I could tell you from my own experience, you start supplementing with cacao in your smoothies, on your desserts, on your fruit, wherever you like to put it. This will do wonderful things for your heart, your arteries, your blood pressure, your immune system, your intestines, your cells of your body, your brain and I can go on and on.
The bottom line is you have to put it to the test and you will see these great results. I hope you found this video helpful. Please share it with your friends and family. Leave your comments below. And most important, make it a great day. I’m Dr. Alan Mandel.
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