Amangqamuzana amafutha emadodeni akhulu kunamadoda, futhi afuna ukudla okuphezulu kwekhalori okusekela lawa maseli. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abesifazane bathanda ukuzwa okubangela ushokoledi.
"Ugcwalisa umzimba nobuchopho ngaphezu kwanoma yikuphi ukudla. Yingakho sidla ushokoledi uma sizizwa singakhululekile, "kusho uDebra Waterhouse. Ucwaningo lwakhe lubonise ukuthi isifiso sokudla ushokoledi kubantu besifazane sanda ngesikhathi sokucindezeleka, ukucindezeleka, ukuphazamiseka kokulala ngaphambi kokuya esikhathini.Inhlanganisela yamafutha noshukela nge tshokoleji ikhuthaza ukuthuthukiswa kwe-serotonin ebuchosheni, okukuthobisa, kanye ne-endorphins, okwenza ujabule futhi ujabule.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ithoni yakho nemizwa yakho iphakamisa okuqukethwe kwi-chocolate (noma ngisho ne-cocoa) i-phenyl-ethylamine ne-theobromine. Ngendlela, bakhulisa ukukhangisa ngokobulili. I-chocolate iyasiza nangezinye izifo ezihlukahlukene, futhi zingasiza ngisho nokulahlekelwa isisindo!
Ososayensi baseCalifornia bathi i-ushokoledi iqukethe izakhi eziningi. Esikhathini ngasinye tile kukhona inani elishintshayo lezinto ezithuthukisa umsebenzi wenhliziyo futhi zivuselele ukujikelezwa kwegazi. I-cocoa igxila ekuthuthukiseni imizwa, ama-polyphenols enza njenge-antioxidants, ayakuvimbela ukwakheka kwemithi enobudlova futhi avimbele ukuhlasela kwenhliziyo. I-bar yokushokoledi ingabuye ivuselele. Izakhi eziningi kanye nama-polyphenols yizitha zama-radicals mahhala, okuholela ekugugeni kwesikhumba nesifo somdlavuza ngaphambi kwesikhathi. Ososayensi baye bafakazela ukuthi abantu abavame ukudla ushokoledi babukeka bebancane.
Ososayensi baseFinland bathola ukuthi omama, abasebenzisa ushokoledi nsuku zonke, bazalwa izingane ezinzima kakhulu kunalabo abenqaba ishokoledi.
Futhi ososayensi baseJapane baye bathola esikhumbeni sama-cocoa ubhontshisi izinto ezibulala amagciwane nama-bacterium futhi zivikela, ngenxa yalokho, ngokubeka amazinyo nama-caries. Ngakho-ke ungawaphuli abantwana bakho injabulo yokudla izingcezu ezimbalwa ze tshokolethi. Futhi ubisi ushokoledi uqukethe izinto ezivimbela ukubukeka kwezinhlayiya, ezifana ne-casein, i-calcium ne-phosphates.
I-theobromine, equkethe ushokoledi, isiza ukukhwehlela kangcono kune-codeine, esetshenziselwa yonke imithi yokwehlela.
I-chocolate izoba usizo kubantu. Ucwaningo ososayensi eYunivesithi yaseCalifornia lubonisa ukuthi ushokoledi omuncu onomkhiqizo we-cocoa okungenani ngamaphesenti ama-50 awuthinta kahle amandla.