Brewed coffee averages 80-135 milligrams of caffeine per cup based on strength of the beans and processing involved. Chocolate and coffee also provide quick energy. Cross country, marathon, and track runners have known this for over a decade. Asthma suffers have been known to nibble on chocolate or sip coffee to benefit from the stimulant qualities when their medication isn't readily available. The trimethylxanthine may be the chemical that provides the stimulation desired to maintain peak breathing flow and stop wheezing.
Caffeine stimulates the heart and the respiratory system.
Pairing red wine and chocolate may be the new prescription for a healthy heart. The British medical journal Lancet recently published a letter by Andrew Waterhouse, an assistant professor of enology and a chemist. He believes that there are beneficial antioxidants found in similar proportions in both chocolate and red wine. These natural phenolic compounds in the wine act to prevent the unhealthy oxidation of LDL cholesterol into artery clogging plaque. A chocolate bar, has saturated fat with more than 25 percent cocoa butter, which has no measurable effect on serum cholesterol.