Dutch chocolates are a variety of chocolates which have been harmonised with an alkalizing agent in order to change its colour and give it a lighter taste as compared to natural cocoa. Dutch chocolates just like normal chocolates are stress busters and help in reducing depression. Regular chocolates contain a chemical known as anandamide which is a feel good chemical. The brain produces this chemical, but after some time its production is not processed. Consumption of chocolate keeps the production of anandamide in the brain persistent. Many scientists believe that chocolate does not contain the same chemical as marijuana does; still its effect on the brain is similar to that of marijuana.
Chocolates have been used since time immemorial. The Aztec civilization considered it to be so pious that that cacao seeds was used as a currency amongst them. Chocolate earlier that is in ancient civilisation was used not in the form as it is today. Earlier people generally used chocolate as a beverage.
It was consumed in the same form as wine or corn juice is. It is only in the recent times that chocolate has been mixed with sugar and consumed. It this sugar which causes cavity in teeth and not chocolate itself. So next time you hear people saying not to eat chocolate, you understand where they are mistaken. While chocolate is the favourite gourmet of everyone and is the favourite of both young and old, Chocolate been extensively been used for beauty purposes also. Chocolate is used for face massages and chocolate facials are supposed to increase blood circulation and are quite relaxing. Chocolate is even used for body waxing and is considered to be a painless way of waxing.
So, one can see that chocolate is useful and available in various forms. Dutch processed cocoa or chocolate is just another form of chocolate. Dutch processed cocoa are one of the best flavoured and delicious way of making chocolate.
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