Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 But at least we could sweeten it with stevia instead of loading it up with sugar, because most of the chocolate people are buying in this country is just a sugar bar with a hint of chocolate. It's funny that people think of chocolate as a health food, so they go out and buy chocolate candy bars, which is of course an absurd way to enhance their health.
Taste inflation affects brain function
What is the net result of all this taste inflation? You might be fascinated by this, because it's more than just the desensitizing of your taste to the natural flavors and subtleties in organic foods. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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 Eat. . . chocolate? Dark chocolate has, in recent years, been found to be an excellent source of antioxidants—and may even directly lower blood pressure! Indulge with moderation, since it's the rare occasion when you'll consume chocolate without any sugar to temper its bitterness.
THE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM
The recommendations in the multivitamin/mineral program in Chapter 2 are likely to cover you on many of these fronts if you take statins or antihypertensive drugs. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 But the chocolate raspberry bar has organic chocolate, because normal chocolate contains lecithin, which is from soy. Soy is generally GMO, right? I want to avoid that, so I buy the organic chocolate for those, even though it's a non-organic blend, to ensure that there is no genetically modified lecithin used in my bar. So that's one principle. There are also no hydrogenated or trans fats and no refined sugar. They're held together either with honey, rice syrup or agave syrup.
Mike: That's wonderful. You use agave; that's nice to hear.
Shamai: What else is not in there? |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| You can't even buy a decent chocolate bar at a health food store these days without getting chocolate that's loaded with sugar. Whatever happened to enjoying the bitter taste of cacao as it comes out of nature? I've actually tasted cacao, and it's bitter! But at least we could sweeten it with stevia instead of loading it up with sugar, because most of the chocolate people are buying in this country is just a sugar bar with a hint of chocolate. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| In some cases, that can be a little tricky, such as for the chocolate raspberry bar. Those bars are not organic, and that's a price point decision. I wanted to make the hemp more accessible to people, and they are more accessible at a lower price point; therefore, they're not organic. But the chocolate raspberry bar has organic chocolate, because normal chocolate contains lecithin, which is from soy. Soy is generally GMO, right? |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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 The best way to consume cocoa is to add plain cocoa powder—preferably non-Dutched cocoa; Dutched cocoa is treated with an alkali during processing—into chili or other Southwestern recipes, thus avoiding the sugar in chocolate bars. If you eat chocolate, make sure it's dark or extra dark chocolate with 60 to 80 percent cocoa solids and that it has low sugar content.) Small red beans, kidney beans, and black beans are also packed with antioxidants.
Antioxidants can also be found in supplement and vitamin form. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 chocolate." A stunning, full-color book from America's leading nutrition guru, David Wolfe and the UK's most progressive health educator, Shazzie. |
Hyla Cass
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| Eat. . . chocolate? Dark chocolate has, in recent years, been found to be an excellent source of antioxidants—and may even directly lower blood pressure! Indulge with moderation, since it's the rare occasion when you'll consume chocolate without any sugar to temper its bitterness.
THE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM
The recommendations in the multivitamin/mineral program in Chapter 2 are likely to cover you on many of these fronts if you take statins or antihypertensive drugs. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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 Think of it like a chocolate dessert. You might prefer a torte, pudding, bonbon, cake, ice cream, or some other form, but the chocolate is what counts; the other ingredients are there simply to carry the important taste of chocolate to your mouth.
As a general rule, those with oily or combination skin will prefer lighter-weight lotions, gels, serums, or liquids (think of really well-formulated toners without irritants, and with lots of state-of-the-art ingredients). Those with dry skin usually prefer creams or more emollient formulations to make up for what their oil glands don't provide. |
Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe
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 It is said that the draught had this effect upon him: he became almost unconscious and forgot what he had been told. Then he returned to his usual cheerfulness and dance. ... It is believed that he offered himself for death with great joy and gladness, bewitched by the beverage. This drink was called itzpacalatl, which means "water from the washing of obsidian blades." They gave him this beverage because if a man became sorrowful owing to the warning it was held as an evil omen or sign prognosticating some future disaster. |
Jack Challem
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 When relationships end, people often indulge in chocolate, which happens to be high in PEA. Part of the satisfaction of eating chocolate is that it gives the brain feelings similar to those of being in love. If you consume too much PEA, you'll feel anxious and be prone to migraine headaches (a side effect of chocolate for some people). If you have too little PEA, you may feel depressed, tired, and apathetic—often the feelings people have when a romantic relationship ends.
Type of neurotransmitter. Stimulating.
Nutritional building blocks. PEA is built on the amino acid phenylalanine. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 But if you're craving chocolate, these Chocamaca balls sure beat the typical "plastic chocolate" candy bars at the grocery store. If you're gonna eat chocolate, at least eat the real thing! (I actually buy raw cacao nibs from Nature's First Law and grind those up in a chocolate shake with avocados and almond milk, but that's just me.)
Oh yes, by the way, the Amazon Herb Company also sells stevia. It's my favorite sweetener of all time, and I eat stevia daily. The FDA still refuses to declare stevia as a safe ingredient for foods (imagine that, and yet aspartame remains legal... |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| But the chocolate raspberry bar has organic chocolate, because normal chocolate contains lecithin, which is from soy. Soy is generally GMO, right? I want to avoid that, so I buy the organic chocolate for those, even though it's a non-organic blend, to ensure that there is no genetically modified lecithin used in my bar. So that's one principle. There are also no hydrogenated or trans fats and no refined sugar. They're held together either with honey, rice syrup or agave syrup.
Mike: That's wonderful. You use agave; that's nice to hear.
Shamai: What else is not in there? |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| You can't even buy a decent chocolate bar at a health food store these days without getting chocolate that's loaded with sugar. Whatever happened to enjoying the bitter taste of cacao as it comes out of nature? I've actually tasted cacao, and it's bitter! But at least we could sweeten it with stevia instead of loading it up with sugar, because most of the chocolate people are buying in this country is just a sugar bar with a hint of chocolate. |
Steven V. Joyal
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 But if you look at the charts, cornflakes have a high GI (86-92), while a popular chocolate and peanut candy bar has a low GI (41-43). Plain boiled carrots rank very high (about 92), while a chocolate cake with frosting ranks low (38) (see www.glycemicindex.com). Does this mean you should bypass the boiled carrots and corn- flakes and munch on candy bars and chocolate cake with frosting? Of course not! However, a strict interpretation of the GI charts suggests that is what you should do. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| But if you're craving chocolate, these Chocamaca balls sure beat the typical "plastic chocolate" candy bars at the grocery store. If you're gonna eat chocolate, at least eat the real thing! (I actually buy raw cacao nibs from Nature's First Law and grind those up in a chocolate shake with avocados and almond milk, but that's just me.)
Oh yes, by the way, the Amazon Herb Company also sells stevia. It's my favorite sweetener of all time, and I eat stevia daily. The FDA still refuses to declare stevia as a safe ingredient for foods (imagine that, and yet aspartame remains legal... |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Wolfe: Can you imagine what life is like without chocolate? That's what cacao beans are. It's the raw nut that chocolate is made out of, and once you've found out about it, it's a life-changing thing. It's like, "Whoa, wait a second -- not only is chocolate good for me, but it can be a major part of my diet with no side effects and it's all fun."
Mike: You have goji berries, you have yacon tuber -- what else do you have?
Wolfe: Well, I'll just run down the list. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 You can read my previous article about this company's incredible "empowered chocolate" products here: http://www.newstarget.com/021885.html (They're simply the best-tasting chocolate superfood bars I've ever tasted...)
Steve Adler was also present with his own incredibly delicious chocolate products (www.Naturaw.com), and I got the chance to have a great conversation with Seth, the co-founder of Living Nutz (www.livingnutz. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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| You might prefer a torte, pudding, bonbon, cake, ice cream, or some other form, but the chocolate is what counts; the other ingredients are there simply to carry the important taste of chocolate to your mouth.
As a general rule, those with oily or combination skin will prefer lighter-weight lotions, gels, serums, or liquids (think of really well-formulated toners without irritants, and with lots of state-of-the-art ingredients). Those with dry skin usually prefer creams or more emollient formulations to make up for what their oil glands don't provide. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Adams' comments: An amazing assortment of 100% raw and delicious chocolate + superfood products. I love this company! You've never had chocolate like this before...
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Adams' comment: This is on TOP of the existing discounts at Wellness Resources, which are around 25%. Outstanding products with quality ingredients. This is Byron Richards' company. Byron is a health freedom champion and author of several great books on health and health freedom. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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X-Balance is a chocolate superfood your kids will really drink
I'm also thrilled about her X-Balance chocolate superfoods product for kids, too. If you have kids who won't eat their veggies, just blend up some X-Balance with a banana, and they'll chug it and ask for more! |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It tastes like chocolate milk, frankly.
Mike: Right, chocolate milk. Of course, you can't compare your product with traditional brand-name chocolate milk, which is made with basically table sugar and a little bit of cocoa. Your product gives the nutrition of all of those fruits and vegetables and some of the superfood grasses as well, correct?
Burt: It does, and there are so many great things about getting all of these different colors. We actually did a test. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| It's the raw nut that chocolate is made out of, and once you've found out about it, it's a life-changing thing. It's like, "Whoa, wait a second -- not only is chocolate good for me, but it can be a major part of my diet with no side effects and it's all fun."
Mike: You have goji berries, you have yacon tuber -- what else do you have?
Wolfe: Well, I'll just run down the list. |
Paula Begoun
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 Bed Head chocolate Head, Massive Hair Repair Treatment ($15.95 for 3.7ounces) has an embarrassing formulation given its repair name and hair-saving claims. This does have some very good conditioning agents, but they are listed well after the fragrance, and as such don't count for much. It is an OK conditioner for normal to fine or thin hair that is minimally dry and needs help with combing. And you'll have to tolerate the intense chocolate fragrance that leaves hair smelling like a sundae or chocolate bar.
© $$$ Bed Head Dumb Blonde Reconstructor, for After Highlights ($15. |
C. W. Randolph, M.D.
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 The PMS-chocolate connection makes a lot of sense because chocolate is very high in magnesium.
Keeping a balance of calcium and magnesium is critical for optimal physical functioning and for hormone balance.
/ YOU SHOULD TAKE A CALCIUM-MAGNESIUM SUPPLEMENT THAT CONTAINS A RATIO OF TWO PARTS CALCIUM (1,500 MG) TO ONE PART MAGNESIUM (750 MG).
7-Keto Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is one of the hormones produced by the adrenal glands. |
Steven V. Joyal
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| Plain boiled carrots rank very high (about 92), while a chocolate cake with frosting ranks low (38) (see www.glycemicindex.com). Does this mean you should bypass the boiled carrots and corn- flakes and munch on candy bars and chocolate cake with frosting? Of course not! However, a strict interpretation of the GI charts suggests that is what you should do. |
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