The word chocolate comes from Xocoatl (Aztec language), which means a bitter pill. Aztecs and the Maya in Mexico believe that agriculture God in a chocolate that comes to them from heaven sent. Cortes took him to Spain in the years 1502-1528, and the bitter drink was sugar mixed Spanish, so it tasted better. Chocolate and then spread to France, the Netherlands and England. In 1765 he established the chocolate factory in Massachusetts, USA.

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Many people believe that chocolate may reduce stress and not a chocolate, some even as material for “fugitive” when they feel depressed, stress and emotions. Chocolate contains phenylethylamine, a substance that can increase the hormone endorphin. These hormones are capable of feelings of pleasure.

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