Article Archive for April 2010
If you understand the chemical effects of exercise and competition on your body then you should also be able understand why the antioxidants and neurotransmitters available from organic cocoa can help to improve your athletic performance and reduce your recovery time. In order to attain the benefits that cocoa has to offer, however, it should be taken in as raw a state as possible, and cocoa processed into a hot drink or into chocolate is not as powerful as the natural bean.
Your immune system is your body’s way of protecting itself from disease and invasion by pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, yeasts and fungi. If you are not sure what it protects you from, consider what happens when you die and your immune system shuts down. Your body is rapidly invaded by bacteria and parasites and rapidly degrades. It is only your immune system that prevents this from happening when you are alive.
