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Sunday, November 30, 2008
2 Chocolate Myths Part 4: Find Out The Truth About Chocolate While Exploring 2 Major Chocolate Myths.
Chocolate.
Wouldn't it be nice to discover that chocolate is actually good for you?
Let's explore the truth about chocolate on our way to exposing the chocolate myths. Such myths include the following about chocolate…
* Chocolate is bad for people to consume.
* Eating chocolate will make you gain weight.
* Caffeine is a huge ingredient in chocolate
* Only serve chocolate for desert.
* Diabetics cannot eat chocolate
* Chocolate gives you cavities
* Major skin problems, like acne, result from eating chocolate
There are the major myths in a nutshell. Let's start breaking each of them down and see where we end up.
MYTH #6: Chocolate gives you cavities
If you are referring to the normal store bought chocolate you are correct, however healthy chocolate actually heals the mouth of various types of diseases.
The full truth is that it is not the chocolate that you are eating which gives you cavities, but rather what the distributors put in the chocolate that causes trouble. The cocoa bean is where chocolate comes from and it is actually quite full of beneficial nutrients for you to consume.
Diabetics cannot eat chocolate because of the bad fats and processed sugars that are added to chocolate. This is also why chocolate ends up being bad for your teeth. Eating the right type of chocolate actually makes your teeth both stronger and healthier.
MYTH #7: Major skin problems, like acne, result from eating chocolate
With pure dark chocolate this is not the case, but rather it improves your skin as well as…
* Increasing blood flow
* Regulating enzyme activity
* Relieving inflammation
Bottom line, healthy pure dark rich chocolate is good for you. Although you may have to pay more for this type of chocolate the truth about chocolate is that you should eat it regularly. It is our hope that these chocolate myths will help you understand why it is actually an extremely valuable commodity for your body to consume.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Tips For Chocolate Tasting At Chocolate Tasting Parties
What's better than a delicious decadent bite of sweet mouth watering chocolate?
Chocolate tasting parties perhaps?
You don't know what a chocolate tasting party is? You clearly don't know what you're missing.
Picture this.
5, 10, 15 or more plates of the best chocolate on the market ready for chocolate tasting at your leisure. Sound nummy? You bet it does.
How do you find out about such parties? Easy. Just call Guy or Irene at 509.993.7215 or 253.948.2509 and say, "I want to attend a chocolate tasting party" and leave the rest up to us.
But wait, there's more. If you are within the greater Spokane area and choose to host a no cost to you chocolate party where 10 or more adult participants participate we will give you a secret prize as a way of saying thank you.
I bet you want to know what the secret prize is.
If I told you it wouldn't be secret now would it?
Here's a hint. Think chocolate. That's not a hint! It's a dead give-away. Oh well, I guess that's the way the chocolate melts.
Speaking of hints, here are three secrets to greater enjoyment when participating in a chocolate tasting party.
#1: Taste in small amounts and return later for seconds on what you enjoyed.
I know, I know; it's chocolate. What's not to enjoy? But the pure fact of the matter is that when you over indulge you trade the sensual sensations of the moment for a much less fulfilling experience.
#2: Cleanse your palate between chocolates with unsalted crackers.
Remember those Coke verse Pepsi booths where they have you eat a cracker or two in-between taste tests? Now you know why they did that. With a clean palate the actual experience you receive is much closer to reality.
#3: Keep your chocolate at room temperature for at least 2-3 hours before the party for chocolate tasting success.
Okay, this tip is more for me when I bring the chocolate. But then it's for you too as you anxiously wait for that moment of sweet sensations to arrive at one of your own chocolate tasting parties.
With that said, pickup the phone right now. Your chocolate is waiting.
Friday, November 28, 2008
7 Secrets Of Chocolate & Unprocessed Cocoa Revealed!
Most people think chocolate is bad. After all, how could something so good be good for you?
Impossible.
However, there are secrets of chocolate or unprocessed cocoa that most people do not know.
WARNING: Reading the rest of this article may be delightfully succulent for your taste buds and might signifcantly improve your health.
#1: Pure chocolate has no sugar in it.
Sugar may be added to unprocessed cocoa, just as other unhealthy ingredients can and are on a regular basis. Unprocessed cocoa can reduce the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and high blood pressure according to the Harvard Medical School.
#2: Pure chocolate has very little caffeine.
As an Adventist I have friends that will not eat chocolate due to the fact that it has caffeine in it. Truth be know there is no caffeine in chocolate but there certainly is in coffee, tea, pop and other such items. What is in chocolate is a substance called theobromine that is a distant cousin of caffeine that holds all the good and none of the bad qualities of caffeine.
#3: Pure chocolate if fully of healthy vitamins and minerals.
#4: The ingredients in pure chocolate stimulate both the cardiovascular as well as the muscular systems of the body.
#5: Pure chocolate contains high fiber and protein.
#6: Fighting diseases like dementia becomes easier with pure chocolate as it causes the blood flow throughout your body to increase. Another benefit is that your skin looks younger had your heart gains a layer of protection again diseases and issues that it might face.
#7: If you are looking for a source that is extremely high in antioxidants and flavenoids you will find it with pure unadulterated chocolate.
Simply put unprocessed cocoa also known as unadulterated pure dark chocolate is extremely good for the body. This is perhaps once of the best kept secrets of chocolate.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
2 Chocolate Myths Part 2: Find Out The Truth About Chocolate While Exploring 2 Major Chocolate Myths.
Chocolate.
Wouldn't it be nice to discover that chocolate is actually good for you?
Let's explore the truth about chocolate on our way to exposing the chocolate myths. Such myths include the following about chocolate…
1. Chocolate is bad for people to consume.
2. Eating chocolate will make you gain weight.
3. Caffeine is a huge ingredient in chocolate
4. Only serve chocolate for desert.
5. Diabetics cannot eat chocolate
6. Chocolate gives you cavities
7. Major skin problems, like acne, result from eating chocolate
There are the major myths in a nutshell. Let's start breaking each of them down and see where we end up.
MYTH #3: Caffeine is a huge ingredient in chocolate.
The truth is that chocolate does indeed contain caffeine. However the level of caffeine in an ordinary soft drink is much higher than what you will find in chocolate.
There is however theobromine in chocolate.
What is theobromine?
Theobromine is a bitter alkaloid C7H8N4O2 closely related to caffeine that occurs especially in cacao beans and has stimulant and diuretic properties.
Theobromine has many benefits as opposed to caffeine including…
* stimulates the heart
* relaxes smooth muscle
* dilates blood vessels
* used to treat high blood pressure
* used to tread hardening of the arteries
Thus we can conclude that Theobromine is actually good for you to consume as compared to related substances such as caffeine.
MYTH #4: Only serve chocolate for desert.
While chocolate is indeed good as desert leaving it only in that category is indeed a grave mistake.
Here are just some ideas I found online for non-desert related chocolate recipes.
* Pepper-Crusted Beef Tenderloin with Chocolate-Port Sauce
* Chocolate Caramel Nut Salad
* Chocolate Chicken
Clearly chocolate doesn't just need to mean desert, especially if you think of the traditional hot chocolate drinks that are available for people to drink.
Yet two more chocolate myths exposed as we learn the truth about chocolate.
Tips For Chocolate Tasting At Chocolate Tasting Parties
What's better than a delicious decadent bite of sweet mouth watering chocolate?
Chocolate tasting parties perhaps?
You don't know what a chocolate tasting party is? You clearly don't know what you're missing.
Picture this.
5, 10, 15 or more plates of the best chocolate on the market ready for chocolate tasting at your leisure. Sound nummy? You bet it does.
How do you find out about such parties? Easy. Just call Guy or Irene at 509.993.7215 or 253.948.2509 and say, "I want to attend a chocolate tasting party" and leave the rest up to us.
But wait, there's more. If you are within the greater Spokane area and choose to host a no cost to you chocolate party where 10 or more adult participants participate we will give you a secret prize as a way of saying thank you.
I bet you want to know what the secret prize is.
If I told you it wouldn't be secret now would it?
Here's a hint. Think chocolate. That's not a hint! It's a dead give-away. Oh well, I guess that's the way the chocolate melts.
Speaking of hints, here are three secrets to greater enjoyment when participating in a chocolate tasting party.
#1: Taste in small amounts and return later for seconds on what you enjoyed.
I know, I know; it's chocolate. What's not to enjoy? But the pure fact of the matter is that when you over indulge you trade the sensual sensations of the moment for a much less fulfilling experience.
#2: Cleanse your palate between chocolates with unsalted crackers.
Remember those Coke verse Pepsi booths where they have you eat a cracker or two in-between taste tests? Now you know why they did that. With a clean palate the actual experience you receive is much closer to reality.
#3: Keep your chocolate at room temperature for at least 2-3 hours before the party for chocolate tasting success.
Okay, this tip is more for me when I bring the chocolate. But then it's for you too as you anxiously wait for that moment of sweet sensations to arrive at one of your own chocolate tasting parties.
With that said, pickup the phone right now. Your chocolate is waiting.
What Are The Healthy Benefits Of Chocolate Acai Berry Products?
Remember the days when people said, "If it tastes good, it's not good for you"?
As a devote vegetarian I am more than pleased to see those days becoming a part of history. However, since all people are not vegetarians, could it be possible that this is true for others as well?
Yes!
It could.
Would you like to know what are the healthy benefits of chocolate acai berry products?
That is what this article is all about.
First, let's look at the healthy benefits of chocolate. I'm not talking about store bought chocolate that is plump full of unhealthy milk fat, sugars and other junk. Rather we are talking about dark chocolate that has been prepared in healthy ways.
*** Health Benefits Of Dark Chocolate ***
First it is good for the heart and keeps the cardiovascular system running at optimum performance. Direct medically related benefits include
* Lower blood pressure
* Lower cholesterol
Dark chocolate also
* Gives people a sense of pleasure by stimulating endorphin production
* Fights depression with the serotonin it contains
* Contains theobromine, a distant cousin of caffeine, which provides all the energy that caffeine provides without the unhealthy aspects offered by caffeine.
Bottom Line: Pure dark chocolate is a superfood of superfoods that few know the true value of.
*** Health Benefits Of Acai Berries ***
While most people know what chocolate is far fewer know that acai berries are small grape like berries that contain large seeds. However it is more important that you understand what the health benefits of an acai berry are than what exactly it is.
To that end, here is a list of the benefits available from acia berries.
* Fights cancerous cells
* Boosts energy levels
* Slows down the aging process
* Promotes healthier and younger-looking skin
* Alleviates diabetes
* Normalizes and regulates cholesterol levels
* Helps maintain healthy heart function
* Minimizes inflammation
* Improves circulation
* Prevents arteriosclerosis
* Enhances visual acuity
* Improves digestive function
* Improves mental clarity/focus
* Promotes sound sleep
* Provides all vital vitamins
* Contains several important minerals
* Is an extremely powerful free radical fighter
* Acai has very high levels of fibers
* Cleanses and Detoxifies the body of infectious toxins
* Strengthens your immune system
* Enhances sexual desire and performance
Above information provided by http://therawchallenge.com/content/view/18/42/
As you can see the benefits of this little fruit are enormous.
*** Health Benefits Concluded ***
So what if we could find a source of products that
* Taste good while being good for you
* Used dark chocolate without all the added junk
* Used high levels of acai berries
Would these chocolate acais berry products be worth finding out more about? I guess that depends on how valuable your health is to you. Whichever you decide you now know what are the healthy benefits of such items as these.
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