Top 5 in Top 14 surprising benefits of using cocoa on health.
Cacao can help blood pressure to lower significantly in high blood pressure, even a small amount of 6 grams of black chocolate also reduce blood pressure, compared with when eating a white chocolate equivalent, but does not work because it does not contain beneficial substances in black chocolate. Each 100g of raw cocoa powder contains about 196mg of epicatechine, while chocolate is not sugar containing about 142mg and bitter chocolate only contains about 84 mg. Epicatechine helps to relax blood vessels, improves blood circulation, thus helping stabilize blood pressure.