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Discover How You Gain The Health Advantages of Antioxidants With A Small Daily Portion of This Delicious Innovative Chocolate Enjoy just 9gm (2 small pieces) of this unique chocolate to get your recommended daily intake of health-supporting antioxidants… Dear health-seeker, A Startling Fact...The most effective way of getting the necessary daily quotient of antioxidants, recommended by scientists and nutritionists, is by eating the foods that naturally contain high levels of antioxidant; they've been give the term 'superfoods'.Superfoods include blueberries, apples, red wine, green and black tea. But the most startling fact to emerge is that the cocoa bean also contains high levels of naturally occurring cocoa polyphenols, which is a very powerful antioxidant. It means chocolate, eaten in moderation, delivers more health benefits that previously thought. The ancient Mayan and Aztec cultures knew this all along. The base ingredient of chocolate; the cocoa bean, is actually choc-ful of health delivering benefits. It's these healthier components; polyphenols (a more powerful antioxidant), that made cocoa and chocolate so popular with them. This newly developed fermenting
process, which produces the main ingredient of our Delvaux
ACTICOA™ chocolate, delivers even higher levels of antioxidants than
standard chocolate and even some of the superfoods -
as I'll explain in a moment. But first, in the chart
just compare the polyphenol (antioxidant) levels of these popular drinks
consumed by people who want to stay healthy.
The good news... now this innovative Delvaux ACTICOA™ chocolate is the easiest way to get your daily quota of antioxidantsin a small amount of dark or milk chocolate because both contain twice the antioxidants found in ordinary chocolate. Let me explain… The real problem with our modern chocolate is the way it is manufactured; the way the cocoa bean is harvested and processed and all the extra ingredients, like sugar, that are added. Retaining Health Beneficial Antioxidants…You see, the cocoa bean is healthy because it contains procyanid flavonoids. These are high-level cocoa-polyphenols which are antioxidants. But, although the cocoa bean naturally contains high levels of these beneficial antioxidants, in the normal chocolate preparation process up to 70% of the cocoa polyphenols are lost. Which is why the ACTICOA™ process was developed. By taking the cocoa beans through this more gentle process, which does take longer to complete, the polyphenol loss is reduced to just 20%. A full 80% of the health-promoting cocoa-polyphenols - antioxidants - are kept Lower Chocolate Consumption - Higher Intake of Antioxidants![]() This picture shows some of the
so-called superfoods we are told are good for us because they contain
antioxidants. But interestingly, to get your full daily quota of antioxidants, the
amount you would have to consume of each food/drink is quite different.
Because such a high proportion of the cocoa polyphenols are retained with this new process, it means that 9g of Delvaux-ACTICOA™ dark chocolate; just 2 small pieces , delivers a little over the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of antioxidants . Actually, you need far less of this dark
healthier chocolate to get your antioxidants
compared to the amount you would
need to consume of these so-called superfoods; red wine, green tea or blueberries -
as you can see in the comparison chart below.
Plus High Cocoa ContentYou've probably heard, or read, that chocolate with high cocoa content is a healthier option for you.This is true. But the main reason you're advised to go for dark chocolate with higher cocoa content is to make sure you get as many as possible of the 200 health contributing components the cocoa bean contains, including antioxidants. The good news is with Delvaux ACTICOA™ chocolates you get all these additional benefits because the cocoa content is a healthy 64% in the dark chocolate and an impressive 40% in the milk chocolate.
Tastes Good Too…What's more, the secret skill brought to bear in
the manufacture of this healthier chocolate removes the bitter taste often
associated with standard dark, cocoa-rich, chocolate. Hey, if you want to give your body a fighting chance against cancer, heart disease, strokes, mental deficiency or avoid developing diabetes type 2 , then getting your daily quota of antioxidants is the way to go. And you might as well do it in the easiest and most enjoyable way with just a few small pieces of antioxidant-rich chocolate that fits nicely with your healthy lifestyle.
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