Da Vinci Gourmet Belgian Chocolate Flavoured Drizzle Sauce,500 g (Pack of 1)

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Pueblo people, who lived in an area now the U.S. Southwest, imported cacao from Mesoamerican cultures in southern Mexico between 900 and 1400. They used it as a common beverage consumed by many people within their society. [1] Archaeological evidence of Cacao in Mesoamerica [ edit ] Medicinal and Ritualistic Use for Chocolate in Mesoamerica - HeritageDaily - Heritage & Archaeology News". www.heritagedaily.com . Retrieved 2018-05-07. Results of DBP subgroup analyses were similar to the results of SBP subgroup analyses. While the DBP pre-/hypertensive subgroup analysis remained significant (DBP hyper: -2.73 [95% CI, -4.89, -0.58] mmHg, P = 0.01; I 2 = 79%; Figure ​ Figure3C), 3C), DBP normotensive subgroup analysis demonstrated no significant difference between chocolate and control groups (DBP normo: -1.28 [95% CI, -2.88, 0.33] mmHg, P = 0.12; I 2 = 24%; Figure ​ Figure3D 3D). In the microwave (following manufacturer’s instructions), or in a heatproof bowl suspended over a saucepan of simmering water (but not touching the water), melt the chocolate until smooth. While the chocolate’s melting, put the biscuits into a large freezer bag, seal and bash them with a rolling pin until you have a bag of rubble — not dust. When the chocolate’s melted, remove it to a cold place (not the fridge) and set aside to cool. Desert Island Doc: A charter for chocolate | Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives". Bristol Museums. 30 November 2013 . Retrieved 20 August 2022.

In contrast to previous meta-analyses [ 9, 14], subgroup analyses in our larger meta-analysis suggested that there is a difference in outcome dependent on baseline blood pressure (hypertensive versus normotensive). While meta-analyses of the hypertensive subgroups found significant reductions (SBP: -5.0 ± 3.0 mmHg, P = 0.0009; DBP: -2.7 ± 2.2 mmHg, P = 0.01), analyses of normotensive subgroups did not demonstrate a significant reduction in blood pressure of flavanol-rich cocoa products (SBP: -1.6 ± 2.3 mmHg, P = 0.17; DBP: -1.3 ± 1.6 mmHg, P = 0.12). These findings are in line with meta-analyses of other nutritional supplements on blood pressure, which similarly found that blood pressure was significantly reduced in hypertensive subgroups but not in the normotensive subgroups [ 30, 45]. Grassi D, Necozione S, Lippi C, Croce G, Valeri L, Pasqualetti P, Desideri G, Blumberg JB, Ferri C. Cocoa reduces blood pressure and insulin resistance and improves endothelium-dependent vasodilation in hypertensives. Hypertension. 2005; 46:398–405. doi: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000174990.46027.70. [ PubMed] [ CrossRef] [ Google Scholar]

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World Chocolate Day 2020 celebrated to mark introduction of food in Europe; all you need to know". Firstpost. 2020-07-07 . Retrieved 2020-07-08. We don’t need to tell you what to do to celebrate this day, do we? Eat Chocolate! Some ways you can incorporate chocolate into this chocolate day include: There were many uses for cacao among the Maya. It was used in official ceremonies and religious rituals, at feasts and festivals, as funerary offerings, as tribute, and for medicinal purposes. Both cacao itself and vessels and instruments used for the preparation and serving of cacao were used for important gifts and tributes. [14] Cacao beans were used as currency, to buy anything from avocados to turkeys to sex. A rabbit, for example, was worth ten cacao beans, (called “almonds” by the early sixteenth-century chronicler Francisco Oviedo y Valdés), a slave about a hundred, and the services of a prostitute, eight to ten “according to how they agree”. [11] The beans were also used in betrothal and marriage ceremonies among the Maya, especially among the upper classes. Furthermore, results of trials using flavanol-free controls, including white chocolate or milk, might overestimate the effect of the active treatment, owing to potential bias of unblinded participants. Therefore, related subgroup analyses need to be interpreted cautiously. Although some would love to celebrate this day every day, the chocolate day gives you the perfect opportunity to eat your favorites in ample portions. Do you really need any more of an excuse to over indulge? It’s definite harmless once in a while.

Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés may have been the first European to encounter chocolate when he observed it in the court of Montezuma in 1519. [19] [20] In 1568, Bernal Díaz, who accompanied Cortés in the conquest of the Aztec Empire, wrote of this encounter which he witnessed: Wollgast J, Anklam E. Review on polyphenols in Theobroma cacao: changes in composition during manufacture of chocolate and methodolgy for identification and quantification. Food Research International. 2000; 33:423–447. doi: 10.1016/S0963-9969(00)00068-5. [ CrossRef] [ Google Scholar] The 15 trial arms included in our meta-analysis were adequately randomised; double-blinding was achieved in five trial arms using low-flavanol-containing products as control [ 11, 15, 20, 21]. All but three trial arms [ 15, 22, 24] assessed blood pressure as the primary outcome measure, and 12 of the 15 trial arms had a participant attrition of less than 20% [ 10, 11, 13, 15- 18, 22- 24] (Table ​ (Table3 3). Cocoa, the key ingredient in chocolate, is a powerful antioxidant that can help improve heart health and reduce the risk of certain diseases. Balzer J, Rassaf T, Heiss C, Kleinbongard P, Lauer T, Merx M, Heussen N, Gross HB, Keen CL, Schroeter H, Kelm M. Sustained benefits in vascular function through flavanol-containing cocoa in medicated diabetic patients a double-masked, randomized, controlled trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008; 51:2141–2149. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.01.059. [ PubMed] [ CrossRef] [ Google Scholar]Meta-regression analyses suggested study design (parallel versus crossover) and type of control (flavanol-free versus low-flavanol) to be significant predictors of blood pressure outcome but failed to show any statistically significant associations in the other variables tested. However, study design as well as type of control might be indirect predictors, as about half the trials using a crossover design and white chocolate as flavanol-free control were conducted by the same two teams and within similar study populations [ 10, 13, 16, 18]. It is possible that participants shared characteristics that contributed to their responsiveness to cocoa products, such as local dietary habits or genetic/ethnic disparity [ 47, 48]. Inclusion of trial location as a variable was impractical in our meta-regression analysis; however, future research may explore this further.

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