Eating dark chocolate good exercise endurance

May 4, 2016

Source: People's Daily life times

The Kingston university researchers found that eating dark chocolate can improve the ability of running. Because the cocoa bean is rich in catechin, the material can dilate blood vessels as nitric oxide, increase muscle oxygen, improve the use efficiency of oxygen, resulting in increased fitness.

The researchers chose nine amateur cyclist, looked at their uniform cycling 20 minutes when oxygen consumption, and 2 minutes sprint cycling distance. After rider was asked every day to eat a piece of 40 grams of dark chocolate and white chocolate, two weeks after monitoring. After analysis results showed that consumed the dark chocolate, rider movement when the amount of oxygen consumed less than 2 minutes when eating chocolate on more than 240 meters, more than to eat white chocolate when riding the more than 180 meters.

Published in the journal of international sports nutrition society of the results of this research that: endurance exercise, the efficiency of energy is the key to improve their performance, and consumption of dark chocolate can yet be regarded as the most simple and practical method. This will be great help for sports fans, not only the elderly, weak people can also through consumption of dark chocolate to enhance the body's ability to absorb oxygen, enhanced physique, exercise more, thus improve the physical quality. Bring about

(AnWei)