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How to Shop for Sustainable Hot Cocoa

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Ingredient watch Written By Lissie Lyles | A hot steaming mug of hot cocoa is a classic winter comfort. As this month's Herbs and Spices article points out, there are some troubling conditions for many people who harvest the world's chocolate. From a nutrition standpoint, sugary, stimulant beverages, such as hot cocoa are not meant to be a part of the daily diet. Once in a while, a high quality hot chocolate is still a luxurious treat many of us like to indulge in. Buying fair-trade, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Current Issue, Ingredient Watch, Nutrition, Sustainability Tagged With: chocolate, harmfull ingredients

BITTER TRUTHS: The dark side of the chocolate craze

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Written By Allison Prater | When you hear people talk about chocolate, those who enjoy it, tend to use words like "addict" and "obsession" and "craving" when describing their relationship with this exotic treat. Indeed, Theobroma Cacao has a long history of being one of the most revered and coveted commodities on earth. There are those who praise the healing benefits of cacao, and ours is hardly the first culture to be obsessed with it. It is rumored to be an aphrodisiac, and has practically … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Current Issue, Education, Green, Natural Solutions, Nutrition, Organics Tagged With: chocolate

Are You in a Chocolate Mood?

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More exciting news for the chocoholics out there. Healthy Chocolate may actually assist in a variety of health issues relating to the brain. Chocolate has long been described as an aphrodisiac, a mood enhancer and a stimulant. Raw, unalkalized chocolate that is cold processed, high in natural cocoa nutrients, contains no sugars, hydrogenated oils or artificial ingredients, which is actually beneficial. Numerous studies show cocoa’s ability to reduce the risk of many disorders including those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Brain Health Tagged With: chocolate

Chocolate and Weight Control

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by Cathy Johannsen | The perfect Valentine for loved ones who have made the “lose weight” New Year resolution is the gift of Healthy chocolate. There are so many ways Americans try to lose weight. The most tried and true are dieting and exercising. Most people assume that chocolate (candy, that is) contributes to weight gain, and that certainly appears accurate. However, raw unalkalized chocolate that is cold processed, high in natural cocoa nutrients contains no sugars, hydrogenated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conscious Health Tagged With: chocolate, weight control

Can Your Energy Drink Do This?

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by Carol Christian | Jam-packed with Earth’s purest sources of powerful nutrients, Chocolate Bliss super-blend has over 1200 active ingredients including raw Cacao (Earth’s best source of anti-oxidants, magnesium and chromium among many other attributes). It Is designed as a Daily Core Food for athletes, pregnant/nursing mothers, raw-fooders and those desiring super health. The smooth, rich chocolate flavor is enjoyable to most mainstream people, including children. Primary effects … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Nutrition, Product Reviews Tagged With: chocolate, healthy energy drink

Chocolate – Your Skin’s New Best Friend

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Written by Lyndi Hutchinson, LMT By now, we have all reveled in the wonderful news that chocolate is good for us. Research has established that dark chocolate – at least 70 percent cocoa, no milk and sweetened with natural sugars – is loaded with flavonoids, age fighting antioxidants which are beneficial to our health. Now begs the question: If chocolate is good for us inside, what about our outside? Chocolate continues to amaze us by becoming a newly recognized contributor to our exterior … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Body Beautiful, Natural Beauty, Skin Care, Spas Tagged With: body treatment, chocolate, skin
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