Author: Daita Dasgupta

5 Scientific benefits of dark chocolate consumption

To all the chocolate lovers out there, did you know that consumption of chocolate can be beneficial for your health too? Well, Dark chocolate i.e chocolate containing cocoa solids and cocoa butter sans the milk and butter generally found in milk chocolate has been scientifically proven to provide potential health benefits to humans.

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Listed below are 5 benefits of dark Chocolates:

1) Good for skin

The cocoa in dark chocolate contains flavonoids which helps our body to function more effectively. It fights off toxins and stressers and acts as a natural source of anti oxidant that helps in slowing down the ageing process in humans!

2)It is good for heart

Some of the compounds in dark chocolate especially flavanols helps in fighting off high blood pressure and high cholestrol which are the two major risk factors in heart disease. Henceforth, regukar consumption if dark chocolate may lessen the likelihood of a person developing heart diseases.

3) Improves brain function

According to researchers, dark chocolate may improve brain functions and prevent neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. According to a small study held in 2018, reasearchers suggested that the flavanols present in dark chocolate may improve neuroplasticity which is the brain’s ability to reorganise itself in response to intrinsic or extrinsic stimuli.

4) Improves blood sugar levels

Regular consumption of dark chocolate has been found to be helpful in metabolisation of glucose. A study in 2017 in the journal Appetite showed that participants who rarely consumed dark chocolate had higher risks of developing diabetes five years down the road when compared to participants who consume dark chocolate at least once per week.

5) May help with weight loss

Researchers suggest that dark chocolate may play a role in controlling appetite which in turn could help with weight loss. In the books Eat Chocolate, Lose Weight written by neuroscientist Will Clower suggests how eating a bit of dark chocolate before or after meals triggers hormones that signal to the brain you are full. However, proper diet chart and regular exercising should be done to help in successful weight loss.

The biggest Lesson to learn from Netflix’s most watched show Squid game

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The megahit South Korean tv show named “Squid Game” has become Netflix’s number 1 most watched series and has even surpassed the previously most watched series “Bridgerton”. In the Squid game series, the players in the game were either financially indebted or were extremely poor and they each were given a chance to alter their lives completely by playing 6 childhood games where if they manage to win can win upto 40 million dollars. But they all didn’t know that losing in the game meant death. Nonethless, the players were ready to risk it anyway and gradually as the game progressed and they kept on playing, they became more self centered, violent and immoral. However, in the end the protagonist wins the game and along with it the enormous amount of money which basically turned him from rags to riches since he was in debt and couldn’t even offer child support to his only daughter after divorce from his wife. However, we get to see in the end that although his financial troubles were erased, he lost his way in life. He forgot to speak and smile and became a tragic soul, even more tragic than when he was drowning in his problems. It was at this point that another man tells him – “Do you know that someone who doesn’t have any money has in common with someone with to much money?…Living is no fun for either of them.” This right here is the biggest lesson in squid game! “Money is only the cost of living and not te ultimate prize.” It is alright if we have set some financial goals in life but those goals should not be the only reason for our existence. We must look deeper into life and find it’s true essence. Squid game is not far from reality since in the name of chasing wealth, some of us do horrible deeds! We betray our loved ones, we neglect our family and relationships , sometimes we even cheat innocent ones just to be RICH. And when we are done being rich, we may have gotten all the money we wanted but at the cost of our time, energy and sometimes even at the cost of our relationships with our dear ones. But then, perhaps it will all be too late for us to realise that what we were busy trying to achieve was simply not the point of being alive, just like main character of the show ultimately realises in the end.