Maintaining a good health can be particularly tricky in this day and age. With all the processed and cholesterol-loaded food available in the market, it gets all the harder especially when the less healthy stuff is a more accessible and affordable option.

Having healthy foods as a staple in your diet is key. Cocoa beans, for one, pack a lot of nutritional benefits. Did you know that the cocoa bean is the richest source of magnesium in nature? You read right. What is magnesium, by the way?

Magnesium is a mineral that plays a significant role in your health, and it's actually contained in several parts of your body. To enable your body to absorb the ingested calcium properly, there should be enough magnesium available. A lot of individuals take calcium supplements and fail to realize that magnesium is required for optimal calcium absorption. That being said, you can consume cocoa along with the calcium supplements that you are taking.

Furthermore, magnesium is also essential in keeping the heart healthy. Cocoa has been known to be good for the heart, and it has something to do with the high magnesium levels it contains.

Given that cocoa beans provide a good source of abundant, digestible magnesium, they pack a lot of heart-related nutritional benefits. A great advantage in a high-magnesium diet is that people who stick to it are less likely to develop blood clots in the heart. This can come in handy for people who are predisposed to developing heart problems. Additionally, magnesium aids in maintaining healthy blood pressure levels.

People suffering from Diabetes can actually benefit from cocoa beans, too. About 80% of those patients have low levels of intracellular magnesium. To those at risk for developing diabetes, insufficient consumption of magnesium can up the chances of developing diabetes.

There are tons of benefits that magnesium can give to your health. Such benefits include less frequency of migraines, prevention of heart arrhythmias, lower risk of stroke, and cramp relief, among many others.

Yet another good reason to opt for dark chocolate.

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Joanna Maligaya

Staff Writer/Content Developer at Chocolate University Online

Ever since she can remember, Joanna has always considered chocolate as the ultimate food for her soul. She believes in the saying, “9 out of 10 people love chocolate, and the 10th always lies.”

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