Chocolate is a food product derived from cocoa beans that is eaten as candy, added to drinks, and used to cover or flavor a variety of pastries and confections. It’s high in carbohydrates, full of health advantages, and a great way to get energy quickly. Additionally, it has trace levels of theobromine, which is extremely harmful to dogs, and caffeine, two stimulating alkaloids.
.Chocolate’s past
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The Maya, Toltec, and Aztec peoples cultivated the cacao tree more than 3,000 years ago. They utilized the bean’s fruit, the cocoa bean, to make a beverage and occasionally as a ceremonial drink. They also used the bean as money. The Maya revered the cacao tree, regarded chocolate as the sustenance of the gods, and buried officials with bowls containing the chocolate (along with other items deemed useful in the afterlife). Indeed, the key to understanding the Maya phonetic system was recognizing the (Olmec-originated) word ka-ka-w (“cacao”) written on the containers.