We’ve got a healthy — and delicious! — prescription for people in elder care. Valley Village, CA families must eat dark chocolate!
We jest, of course, and any dietary changes or considerations should be approved by a healthcare professional. But for senior care, especially help for seniors with dementia — or dementia prevention — dark chocolate may be a secret weapon.
And if a regimen of chocolate can be included in your diet, a quality elderly assisted living services provider in Valley Village, CA can help make that addition. Fortunately Valley Village, CA has such a provider, Home Instead, and our licensed, trained, bonded, compassionate CAREGivers.
Chocolate, of course, is a delicious addition to any diet. So it will immediately improve the quality of for those with elderly health conditions in Valley Village, CA. Let’s be real: hardly anyone in residential assisted living will object to adding a bit more chocolate in their diet.
But chocolate also brings some important health benefits that can augment good home care assistance. Valley Village, CA seniors can experience benefits to cardiovascular health, cognitive function, and help to alleviate symptoms from other chronic health conditions.
Health benefits from chocolate come from a few different parts of the chocolate, including the caffeine, plus flavonoids, and theobromine.
The flavonoids, one of the most prominent ingredients in chocolate, does wonders for cardiovascular health. Flavonoids help keep arteries flexible, which encourages better blood flow, and lower blood pressure.
Those same flavonoids, along with theobromine and caffeine, can help stave off cognitive problems like dementia and Alzheimer’s. The benefits of chocolate here can boost memory, improve attention span, and improve reaction time. Also, the same benefits to blood flow can help with long-term brain health.
Further, chocolate has anti-oxidant effects which can help maintain a healthy cholesterol level. The negative effects of LDL cholesterol can be mitigated, and chocolate encourages the healthier HDL cholesterol.
Another positive effect from the improved blood flow of chocolate is healthier skin. Improved blood flow can help keep the skin hydrated, and even help repair damage done by too much sun exposure. And this can be very important for seniors, who experience a thinning of the skin and increased risk of serious bruising and damage due to the sun.
So, provided your dietician or health care provider approves the addition of chocolate, the CAREGivers of Home Instead are ready to help bring this healthy happiness into your life. Contact us today for a virtual or in-home assessment today: 818-988-6848
