4 things you didn’t know about hot chocolate
Sweet Milk Cocoa Winter Dairy Drink Hot Chocolate. Original public domain image from Wikimedia Commons
As you enjoy your hot and perfectly delivered hot chocolate from your UK Vending machine you’re probably enjoying the taste and not thinking of all the other wonderful things that your hot chocolate is doing for you, right?
Well, we’ve done the hard work for you and here are 5 things about hot chocolate that you probably didn’t know.
It’s an anti-depressant
Hot chocolate contains serotonin, a neurotransmitter which acts like an anti-depressant.
Triggers brain activity
Drinking hot chocolate stimulates the blood supply to the brain helping to make the brain work more efficiently. Hot chocolate potentially works as a powerful tonic in treating several neural disorders.
Anti-cancer agent
It is a proven fact that flavanols found in chocolate work with other ingredients in cocoa such as procyanidins and act as anti-proliferative and chemo preventive agents.
Helps with weight loss
Cocoa powder is rich in fibre and makes you feel fuller