[Cocoa and Coffee]The function and function of cocoa beans What is the difference between cocoa and coffee
I. What are the functions and functions of cocoa beans
1. Weight loss
It is understood that cocoa beans have also achieved very good results in weight loss. Because cocoa beans have undergone a process of defatting in the process of making cocoa powder, natural cocoa powder contains cocoa butter. Cocoa butter contains polyphenols with weight loss effect, so it can be used as a natural product for weight loss.
2. Stomach enhancement
Stomach enhancement is also a prominent effect of cocoa powder. Because natural cocoa powder contains many alkaloids. At the same time, it is this alkaloid that can stimulate the secretion of our gastric juice, thereby helping the digestion of proteins in the body, and finally achieving the effect of strengthening the stomach. So, if your stomach is not good, you can eat some cocoa beans to recuperate!
3. Prevent cancer
According to Dutch research data, people who regularly eat cocoa beans live longer time will be longer. Because cocoa beans have antioxidant effects. Moreover, the flavonoids in it can also improve the function of blood vessel wall cells in the body, thereby reducing the lesions of cancer cells. In addition, cocoa beans can also prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases!
2. What are the effects and functions of coffee beans?
1. Coffee Good for skin. Coffee can promote metabolic function, activate digestive organs, and have a great effect on constipation. Bathing with coffee powder is a warming therapy and has the effect of losing weight.
2. Coffee has the function of hangover. Drinking coffee after drinking will quickly oxidize the acetaldehyde converted from alcohol, decompose it into water and carbon dioxide and excrete it from the body.
3. Coffee can eliminate fatigue. To eliminate fatigue, it is necessary to supplement nutrition, rest and sleep, and promote metabolic functions, and coffee has these functions.
4. Three cups of coffee a day can prevent gallstones. For caffeinated coffee, it can stimulate the contraction of the gallbladder and reduce the cholesterol in the bile that is easy to form gallstones. The latest Harvard University researchers found that men who drink two to three cups of coffee a day have a lower than 40% chance of developing gallstones .
5. Drinking coffee can prevent radiation damage. Radiation damage, especially the radiation of electrical appliances, has become a more prominent pollution at present. Indian Baba atomic researchers reached this conclusion in a mouse experiment and said that it can be applied to humans.
6. The health care function of coffee. Coffee has the functions of anti-oxidation and heart protection, strengthening muscles and bones, benefiting waist and knees, appetizing and promoting food, reducing cellulite and eliminating accumulation, improving orifices and dehumidification, promoting blood circulation and removing stasis, relieving wind and relieving spasm, etc.
7. The influence of coffee on mood. The average person absorbs 300 mg of caffeine a day (about 3 cups of brewed coffee), which can have a good effect on a person’s alertness and mood.
What is the difference between cocoa and coffee?
1. Different raw materials
Cocoa powder is ground from cocoa beans , and coffee powder is developed from coffee beans. Although they are very similar, they do not grow from the same species of tree.
2. Different growing places
Cocoa trees come from central and southern America, and are generally only suitable for growing in tropical regions of the world, and are also grown in Hainan and Yunnan in China. . But coffee trees generally come from countries with alpine terrain between the Tropic of Cancer. So the two growing places are worlds apart.
3. Growing conditions
Cocoa trees like to be produced in areas with high humidity, fertile soil and high temperature, so even artificial planting should choose coastal areas or valleys, because it The conditions for growth are very harsh. And coffee beans are only suitable for growing in tropical or subtropical regions.