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Good news for chocoholics: the treat探討 preferred by millions all over the world is good for you, according to American
researchers研究員 at the University of California加州. Chocolate contains substances物質called flavonoids that can help maintain a healthy
heart and good circulation循環. The researchers have discovered that cocoa可可粉acts like aspirin阿斯匹靈and that eating a bar of chocolate has
also been shown to release endorphins in the body: these chemicals化學的 help to reduce減少pain and stress and make you feel happy.
The Olmec Indians of Mexico and Central America were the first to grow cocoa beans, in about 1500 BC, and the Mayas
were drinking unsweetened coca hundreds of years before it became fashionable in Europe. In 1544, a delegation of Mayan
nobles visited Philip of Spain and gave him jars of cocoa as a gift. Cocoa soon became fashionable in Spain and Portugal. The
Spanish were the first to add sugar to their cocoa drink.
By the middle of the century, solid chocolate was becoming familiar. In 1765, James Baker opened the first chocolate mill
in the United States, introducing chocolate to the average citizen. In 1896, in Switzerland, Daniel Peter had the idea of adding
milk in the chocolate-making process and produced the first milk chocolate.
Since then, chocolate has grown enormously in popularity. One of the biggest chocolate-eating nations is Britain where the
average man, women, and child eats nine kilos of chocolate a year. In fact, chocolate is the number one comfort food and there
are more chocoholics in Britain than anywhere else in the world. Researchers warn that although chocolate is good for you, it
should be eaten in small quantities—and with no added milk.
Update:
76. What benefit can chocolate NOT afford for us?
Good circulation. A strong heart. Higher IQ. Pain reduction.
77. How many years ago were cocoa beans first grown?
510. 1500. 2010. 3510.
Update 2:
78. How was chocolate consumed when it was first tried?
As a drink. As a candy bar. As a medicine. As a health food.
79. Which country first added milk to chocolate?
Update 3:
Britain. Spain. Switzerland. the United States.
80. Which country has more citizens who are addicted to chocolate?
Mexico. Portugal. Britain. the United States
Update 4:
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