The fruit is a large berry (ear), ovoid, about 25 cm long by 15 cm wide, brownish or reddish when ripe.
This name is known to both the plant and fruit that are grown in the Amazon (Peru). Exploit the seeds or kernels of the fruit to prepare chocolate and cocoa butter.
Cocoa contains Vitamins A, B and C, water, proteins, fats, magnesium, potassium, carbohydrates. Acts on the nervous system and heart. Very nutritious and restorative energy is used in chronic chest diseases. Cocoa is one of the most important sources of magnesium among all foods.
One of the important things is to not confuse Cocoa medicinal use is the commercial chocolate, which lacks these properties, because the chocolate is mixed with sugar and milk and it tastes good, for children that taste good eat it too much chocolate and not advisable consumption. |