Cacao beans are wonderful healthy food for that brain

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Cacao Beans Are Wonderful Healthy food For That Brain

Wait, you mean chocolate, right? Hurray! I have been looking for a reason hitting that vending machine and grab a

bag of chips...it's chocolate in it, so now that it is healthy, right?

WRONG. Well, mostly wrong: what's healthy may be the cacao bean, minimally processed. This unique,

hedonistic bean is one of the world's longest-revered

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(think 'time of the Aztecs' old) and it has in

recent years been shown to become a veritable powerhouse of cognitive enhancement, mood and bliss-

enhancement (thanks simply to the Theobromine in cacao), antioxidants, flavonoids, catechins and several other

brain & body-enhancing elements. Actually, chocolate has been very recently cited by some top health

professionals and researchers to be THE single most enjoyable health food, and as more research continues to pour

in, the greater true this seems to be. And we discussed the health advantages of chocolate (and walnuts) in our

BrainReady Blog feature recently.

For more information

go here.

How is this possible, something that only recently was thought of as an unhealthy, dangerous, guilty

indulgence...an indication of dietary decadence, now being hailed as good for everything from brain health to skin

elasticity to cardiovascular health to anti-cancer and just about everything in between? It is rather simple:

chocolate does not equal cacao bean, nor vice-versa; most candy and chocolate bars contain not only lower levels

of cacao bean when compared with other unhealthy ingredients for example sugars, milk fat, artificial flavorings

and so on, however the quality and processing from the cacao used in these items is often of low health advantages

because of everything from alkalization (e.g. \"Dutch process cocoa\") to refining and processing and over-

roasting the

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elements right out from the beans.

So if you would like the real stuff, the very best bet is to either use 100% organic foods from non-alkalized cocoa

powder from the high-quality maker who minimally processes the cocoa to make sure that the properties are

retained, or, second best, choose only high cacao percentage dark chocolate bars (typically at least 75% cacao

content or higher, but we suggest 85% or more), also from a high-quality provider.