What happens to our body 1 hour after chocolate consumption
Ah, this chocolate…
Although the few good reviews about chocolate and its effects on the body, specialists still claim that it is an unhealthy food. The damage comes mainly from its high calorific value due to the large amount of sugar and fat of zero nutritional value. Let’s see what happens to our body during the first hour after we have some chocolate.
After the first 10 minutes
In the first 10 minutes we are full of pleasure and thirst for more chocolate. This is the time when a lot of chemicals are released, such as dopamine and serotonin, which actually make us feel happy. When we eat chocolate, our brains release endorphins – the same hormones of happiness that our body separates when we are in love. In this connection, the sexologist Dr. Ruth Westtimmer says: “The taste of chocolate is in itself a sensual pleasure, similar to what we experience during sex.”
After 20 minutes
About 20 minutes later after chocolate consumption, the blood sugar level begins to rise. This is due to the high sugar concentration in the product. Experts warn that men should not exceed the intake of more than 9 tablespoons of sugar (37.5g) a day. The permissible dose for women is 6 teaspoons (25 grams of sugar). And the chocolate contains – note – over 100% of the recommended daily intake of sugar. Make your own conclusion. So when you consume whole chocolate, the pancreas begins to release a large amount of insulin to cope with the decomposition of blood-borne sugar. The liver also tries to fight the high blood glucose concentration. And because we can not cope with so much sugar for a short time, it is transformed into fatty deposits where it is stored until it is time for their decomposition.
That is why, when chocolate is taken daily, the body is threatened by the development of the so called: insulin resistance this is a condition where the body produces insulin but doesn’t use it effectively. When people have insulin resistance, glucose accumulates in the blood instead of being absorbed by cells, resulting in type two diabetes or pre-diabetic status.
40 minutes into the game
After 40 minutes we start to feel more energetic, thanks to caffeine. Caffeine is the ingredient in cocoa that is completely absorbed by our body after 40 minutes of chocolate. Caffeine stimulates the central nervous system directly. The peak of its action occurs approximately 45 minutes later. As a result, the senses are excited, the clarity of the mind becomes clearer, we become more active and active (but only after a few hours we are twice as tired). The feeling of cheerfulness is due to one of the hormones of happiness – diphimine. Caffeine, however, has its bad side if we overdo it. It affects some parts of the brain in the same way as some types of drugs. The negative consequences of caffeine use are mainly manifested by insomnia, tension, anxiety and nervousness.
In an hour
Caffeine acts as a diuretic and a loosening agent, so it speeds up digestion and helps to lose weight. The activation of the process is enhanced just after 60 minutes of a chocolate consumption. On the other hand, too much sugar begins to exert its catastrophic effect on the body, which may make you feel sluggish, worried and even headache. Normally, our body only needs 24 to 72 hours to digest the food, but for the trans-fats take away (notice) for about 51 days! Only this fact should be enough to think about the quantity of chocolate and sweets you take daily.
To finish, let’s say something soothing. And here, as everywhere, the rule applies: “Everything is too good.” So hardly chocolate will hurt us if we take it less often and in smaller and moderate quantities. It is good to know that the darker the chocolate, the greater the amount of cocoa and the caffeine in it. It is good to stick to the consumption of dark chocolate, but one that contains at least 70% cocoa. Such chocolate will give you a healthy dose of flavonoids that are part of the polyphenols group of antioxidants.