10 Interesting Facts about Chocolate
1) The word chocolate comes from Aztec word xocolatl which means bitter or sour water.All of us eat chocolates and some of us are even crazy about them especially women but hardly any of us know any facts about this luscious creation of 18th century. It is said that first chocolate factory was built in US in 1765 but the first machine-made chocolate was produced in Barcelona, Spain in 1780 and 1925, the Americans even created an association for all the chocolate manufacturers around the country by the name of Chocolate Manufacturers Association of United States of America (CMA). Did you know all that? No. Then you must continue reading this list of ten interesting facts about Chocolate.
2) The desire of chocolate in women is more than men.
3) It is said that eating a chocolate bar before meal will lighten your appetite , and you’ll eat less than you desire to eat. So trying this might help you losing some pounds off your body.
4) It is believed that intake of chocolates discharge the same chemical into your body which is produced when you start falling for someone.
5) It is said that Napolean always used to carry chocolates with him and ate some whenever he needed quick energy.
6) An average American eats 11.7 pounds of chocolate where as a Swiss eats 21 pounds/year.
7) It is said that cocoa beans were actually discovered by monkeys not by men.
8) It is a myth that chocolate causes acne. No one has proved any any link between them.
9) Chocolates contain high amounts of flavonoids which is an important class of antioxidant plant chemicals called polyphenols that cuts the risk of heart disease in half.
10) It wont be easy selling a Chocolate wrapped in blue wrapper China and Honkong , because Chinese associate blue with death.
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