World Chocolate Day: World Chocolate Day is celebrated every year on July 7. However, this special day has lost its glimmer due to the pandemic. Chocolate Day was celebrated for the first time in Europe on July 7 in 1550. After which it started being celebrated all over the world. Chocolate is not only delicious to eat, but it also benefits the body in many ways.
History of chocolate
It is believed that chocolate was discovered about four thousand years ago. . The chocolate tree was first seen in America. . Chocolate was made from the seeds of the chocolate bean tree found in the American forests. . America and Mexico were the first to experiment on chocolate in the world. . It is said that in 1528, the King of Spain captured Mexico. . The king liked the cocoa so much that the king took the cocoa seeds from Mexico to Spain. The chocolate has been in use ever since.
In the early stages, chocolate was pungent. . To change this taste, cold coffee was made by adding honey, vanilla along with other ingredients. . After this, a doctor Sir Hans Sloan prepared it and made it edible. . It was named as Cadbury Milk Chocolate.
Chocolate acquired a new taste in Europe
In 1828, a Dutch chemist named Conrad Johannes Van Houten created a machine called the Cocoa Press. . The sharpness of chocolate was reduced with the help of this machine. . After this, in 1848, the British chocolate company J.A.R. Fry & Sons made chocolate for the first time by mixing butter, milk, and sugar in cocoa, giving it a solid texture.
What are the benefits of chocolate?
Chocolate benefits our body in many ways. . Its natural chemicals improve our mood. . Tryptophan in chocolate keeps us happy. . Tryptophan affects the level of endorphins in our brain, which makes us happy.
Chocolate contains phenylethylamine chemical that releases pleasure endorphins in our brain, giving us a sensation of happiness.
Chocolate also benefits our heart. Eating dark chocolate every day reduces the risk of heart disease.