Hot Cocoa Has Higher Antioxidant Capacity Than Red Wine and Teas

Hot cocoa has some unbelievable health benefits. Now considered a superfood, chocolate — especially hot cocoa — has more cancer-fighting agents than red wine and tea, according to a number of scientific studies.

Antioxidants in hot cocoa

Leader of a Cornell University study, Professor Chang Yong Lee, and his team of researchers measured how cocoa compounds searched for agents that cause heart disease, cancer, and various other diseases.

The researchers published their study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry citing cocoa had the highest concentration of antioxidants than three popular drinks. The results of the study titled, “Cocoa Has …read more