About Hot Cocoa

About Hot Cocoa
Hot cocoa is good for your. Sip a steaming mug of hot cocoa and you’ll get more disease fighting antioxidants per cup than a similar serving of red wine or tea, report the researcher.

Cocoa’s antioxidants are almost two times stronger than red wine, two to three times stronger than green tea and four to five times stronger than black tea.

Antioxidants, vitamin C and E and beta carotene are widely believed to fight cancer, heart disease and aging. They may even help slave off the memory robbing Alzheimer’s disease.

The study is the most extensive comparison yet of the total antioxidant content of coca, wine and tea, arguably the world’s most popular drinks after water.

There’s just one problem with all this: scientists know antioxidants are essential for our good heath and longevity but thy don’t yet know how much we need everyday.

If you want to get antioxidant dose from something sweet, there is nothing better than hot cocoa, And the key word here is “hot.”

There is a saying that hot is better than cold. For some reason, when cocoa is heated, more antioxidants are released than when it’s cold.
About Hot Cocoa

Cocoa and hot cocoa

Cocoa and hot cocoa
Cocoa is obtained from the cocoa pod, which is grown in the Caribbean, Africa and South America.

The beans are removed from pods, dried and roasted then made into various processed forms.

Most of the fat is extracted during processing and the remaining cocoa is cooled and ground into powder.

In some islands, farmers who grow cocoa open the pods and spread the seeds (cocoa beans) on a banana leaf to dry in the sun.

The ground cocoa is used to make chocolate sticks and balls, but the fat is not removed.

This home produced chocolate ball is then grated and made into a hot beverage.

Cocoa contains a mild stimulant known as theobromine. In cold countries, a cup of hot cocoa is a favorite during winter days because of its stimulating property.

It is not advisable therefore that children consume large amounts of hot cocoa. Hot milk is very valuable in the diet of young children and convalescents. It can be flavored with cocoa for children who dislike drinking milk.
Cocoa and hot cocoa