Let it be with milk, with almonds, with hazelnuts, black or white, the flavor of chocolate It is highly appreciated by both young and old. Its consumption is diverse, while some are content with only eating a few ounces a week, and others with a sweet tooth can count on more than one tablet per week.
The origin of chocolate
El cocoa bean It comes from a tropical tree grown in a hot and humid climate. In Central America, the Mayans and Aztecs used this grain as a bargaining chip, but they also consumed it to make a bitter drink. The cacao bean was imported by the first Spanish settlers, but it was only used therapeutically. Throughout the XNUMXth century, the cocoa bean had its greatest success. It was the Swiss who invented the hydraulic press to extract cocoa butter and produce chocolate. The chocolate that we know today.
The different chocolates
El chocolate black It is the one that contains the highest concentration of cocoa. The higher its content, the much more dietary it is. Chocolate is beneficial as long as it is consumed in moderation. White chocolate, by name, gives the impression that it could contain cocoa, but this is not the case. In white chocolate there is no cocoa as such, since it is composed only of cocoa butter, milk and sugar. East chocolate it is the fattest of the three.
Finally, the third type of chocolate appreciated by those with a sweet tooth is milk chocolate. As its name suggests, it is made up of 14% dry matter, 60% sugar, cocoa butter, vanilla and finally 25% cocoa. This chocolate is also quite caloric.
Is chocolate a drug?
The analysis of chocolate It shows that it contains a number of psychoactive substances, that is, a natural or synthetic substance that acts on the psyche by modifying its functioning. In other words, it is a kind of drug.
The presence of these psychoactive substances is not so important as to justify a real state of dependence. Finally, the only thing we can say is that the only excuse to eat chocolate compulsively, is that we have a sweet tooth.