Chocolate Diet Details and Health Advantages

so how many squares of 90% or 100% dark chocolate per day is safe to eat?

Wonder how many mg of theobromine is in 2tbs of raw cocao nibs?

“It isn’t a good idea to eat a whole bar of dark chocolate.”

Oops.

I have a bad reaction to chocolate. Doctors have been no help, they basically deny that I have an allergy or reaction and blame it on the caffeine. I think it might be the theobromine? My heart rate speeds up and sometimes goes into an irregular heartbeat, and I feel like I am gasping for breath, a feeling of hot flashes, feel nauseous and can get stomach cramping. It lasts for hours.

Yea veggies are really good for you, too. Like the ones found on pepperoni/sausage/veggie combo pizzas and pasteurized V8 veggie drinks!!! Fruit’s good, too. Like lemon-lime sodas and fruit-flavored Jelly Bellies!!!!

Pure coco tastes like shit…. what a shame… I love dark chocolate with a little sugar. Dark chocolate with no sugar not so much…

The increase in fmd is interesting but it’s so brief I wonder if there’s really much benefit to eating cocoa.

I hate the taste but I still eat it for my health and especially my brain��

Would you make a video about cocoa being a neurotoxin.. I’ve switched to carob powder And would love to know if I’m really making a difference

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I was buying my cacao from David Wolfes site longevitywarehouse.com for years because I really trust him. But they have bad customer service and shipping is so high. I don’t think they even have an office phone number anymore. It’s been impossible to get ahold of anyone from the company for help. I now question the product quality too… looking for other options. Any ideas? David Wolfe suggests his cacao is the purest on the market. Any other brands with good quality? Raw and organic.

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These terms, “cacao” and “cocoa” are confusing. There’s a good you tube video explaining the difference. Cocoa powder can be processed thus reducing the beneficial aspects. Apparently cacao “nibs” (pieces of the bean) are the best. Anyway, notice the different spellings.

I have chocolate almost everyday. because I sell chocolate at school and I keep grabbing the bars and eating them -_
Im deing of laughter right now ���� And I go to the doctors because I ate way to much chocolate and I got really sick ����

I make my own “dark chocolate” from Medjool dates and raw cacao beans!

https://michaellustgarten.wordpress.com/2014/09/21/homemade-chocolate-in-2-minutes/

Hello there! What about cocoa vs cacao? Is there any research out there comparing the two? I find conflicting information online with some people calling cacao, which is less processed, healthier (nutrition dense) while others call it acidic or support that its nutrition is not actually getting absorbed.

Cool however cacao is getting a bad rep now amongst 811ers because of its stimulant nature which is pretty powerful. Also the neurotoxicity reports.

I put coco powder in my green tea in the morning. No sugar, no fat, no milk!❤️✨��

I just pour some cocoa powder into my protein shake, is that wrong?

Again proving that milk is absolute garbage. Cocoa for the win!

Do you know if Theobromine has any affect on the adrenal glands? I know with caffeine it does causing cortisol to get released. I haven’t noticed any stress after eating cacao at all, but was curious if you knew.

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I don’t think 70% cocoa is dark enough to make chocolate healthy. 85% and higher are better choice

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+Thomas DeLauer Can raw cacao powder be toxic if taken regularly in small amounts? If so, what’s the most you should take per day? Thanks for the upload.

I basically lived on nothing but chocolate milk for my entire childhood lol

I buy dark chocolate and always inspect the ingredients list because so many manufacturers add milk or dairy butter and non cocoa fats to make it softer at room temperature. Even with that ingredients list 70% cocoa, cocoa butter, sugar 100g has around 2200kj which isn’t much different than a sandwich. Also interesting is that Lindt 70% constipates me yet Whitaker’s 72% does not. I’m presuming the difference is in how much the beans were roasted. BTW even with maybe 30% sugar (I’m guessing that cocoa butter is included in the 70& cocoa solids) the GI is around 20-30 which is quite low.

Observations:
I find that if have 100g of 70% dark chocolate instead of a sandwich with my lunchtime apple my blood pressure drops from it’s usual 145/95 (with medication) to 128/85 (chocolate & meds).

This article suggested that cocoa butter raises cholesterol and I have read an article that agrees with it but adds that it seems to prevent adhesion of LDL to the artery walls. Maybe this is because it was funded by M&M’s but I’ve had high blood pressure for at least 25 years and a recent echocardiogram suggests that I have zero plaque on all inspected arteries which is interesting considering I medium to high cholesterol. This was one of the reasons my doctor did the ECG.

So am I a freak of nature or is the story about cocoa butter being beneficial true?

I do generally have a good diet with unsweetened unprocessed nuts and grains with light milk (30ml) for breakfast, 2 slices of high fibre multi-grain bread with a slice of lean roast turkey or ham with the fat sliced off and a a light spread of olive oil based spread and evening meals are green salad or steamed greens and cauliferous vegies and carrots/parsnips or lentils/chickpeas/quinoa or sweet potato and topped off with around 120g of turkey/chicken, lean lamb, lean beef or fresh Salmon. The lamb and beef is all grain fed and the poultry is all real free range breast or thigh without skin. If I have snack it’s usually a few almonds, walnuts or brasil nuts or macadamias (and of course chocolate usually 20g per day). I drink decaffeinated tea/decaffeinated green tea and decaffeinated coffee or water and no alcohol.

I don’t know if any studies cover these sorts of details, but my diet is fairly consistent for content and quantity, except for an occasional French style lamb roast or other traditional restaurant quality meal (home cooked of course)

On the usual stats (blood pressure/cholesterol) I have a 10% greater risk of a heart attack compared to the control group of 120/80 and <4.8 but I have none of the precursors to heart attack like blockages, Diabetes II, left ventricle enlargement or palpitations & fluid retention, so who knows.

Maybe the answer is try to do no harm (to your body) and do as much good as possible that is the answer. Anybody have an idea?

Did anyone else do a double take when chocolate and a salami showed up on the thumbnail?

Thanks, this information was pretty informative. I wonder if there is still more information to discover.

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That explains why I’m not dead. I’ve put a tsp full of 100% cocoa in my coffee twice a day. No sweetners at all. Just need to rid the cream… one thing at a time!

I’m a cacao boy. I’ve got the night on my side, and I’m wanted.

Dead or alive. ��

I mix pure cocoa powder with a tiny bit of honey and dip fruits. It’s like having dark chocolate covered fruit! I especially like it with strawberries and oranges.

I have high blood pressure (140/90-160/100) even though I’m on blood pressure medication. What I’ve found is that with dark chocolate it drops to as low as 128/82, even thought the chocolate is 70% cocoa/cocoa butter and 30% sugar. Because of the high fat content the GI of chocolate whether milk, dark or even white is actually a very low 20-30 although the GL may be somewhat higher. Also being in my late 50’s I’m getting to the stage where keeping my weight low is getting harder and surprisingly chocolate helps here too. I don’t why, but when I went from a low calorie/low GI diet with 20g of dark chocolate daily to the same diet with 100g of dark chocolate daily I’ve actually lost 2kg in that 2 week period. I’ve got to stop eating so much chocolate, and I’ve got to find a more effective blood pressure medication, but I thought I’d share my experiences with you given your knack for research.

So bad i Just started eating them at aroud 18
Wish i know about it when i was young

Well cacao plant grows in the rain forest of central america ( mexico, belize etc), south america (guatemala, peru etc), most of the caribbean islands (jamaica, st lucia, dominica, st vincent, trinidad and tobago etc) and africa naturally for centuries. Ancient mexicans eg mayan, incas etc used cacao as currency and for ceremonial purposes and still use it till this day. People in the caribbean use cacao often, picking and eating the fruit off the cacao, drying the cacao beans in sun, toasting them and hand grinding them, mixing them with other spices and molding them into balls or logs and this is then grated into hot water to make cocoa tea. Almost Everyday children and adults alike from greatgrandparents time drink cocoa tea in the morning or at night traditionally for years……

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I always mix 20 gr cacao with 500 ml of milk, and that gives me monster erections:p

I have a grandma she boil cacao every morning and drink it then work in the farm every day she lived 100 years.

Yeah, I add four teaspoons of cocoa powder to my banana smoothie almost everyday.

Interesting! I love making my own version of Mexican hot chocolate and chocolate fudge using a mix of organic raw cacao from Peru and high quality Divine brand cocoa powder (silkier and darker).

I have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and rather than losing weight, I need the nutrients, deal with chronic fatigue and am a bit sensitive to coffee!

It’s like just because I have Ehlers-Danlos, my body works like I’m a different alien species, lol.

I’m interested in the genetic aspect too considering EDS is a genetic collagen condition.

Thanks for posting! I am pretty in love with chocolate^_^

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Love it! Just eat the 90% cocoa barlow sugar, no milk. Cocoa is like wine or coffeerich flavor that doesn’t need to be covered up.

Yea, dark chocolate! eating some now:-P  I always check the label to make sure there is no milk in it, though.

If a person were consuming a tablespoon of cocoa powder a day 30 to 60 minutes after drinking a quart of yogurt, kefir, or buttermilk, are the benefits of the cocoa negated?

Better than a large side of BACON, a large HAMHOCK, or pint of ICECREAM washed down with quart of HEAVY CREAM I suppose?

Sorry Doc, you sounded seriously under the weather when you recorded this. Perhaps a nice, warm, uplifting hot cup of cocoa would do the trick?

so it is better to drinking kefir with cacao powder so the probiotics don’t get destroyed from the stomach acid? (as it spends less time in the stomach) the taste is bitter sour though.

so you talk about dark chocolate in general. what cocao % should you go for? 50%? 75%?

Thank you for making this video and spreading the cacao magic, Thomas!

What about cacao, like cacao nibs?

Cocoa is heat treated, right?

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When ever I eat cocoa organic, what ever. I feel soo sluggish and tired.. not worth it for me.

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Try a chocolate, banana, vanilla bean, organic barley malt syrup smoothie/shake!  You can also do a version with peanut butter.

I had eaten a whole bar of 90% cocoa before watching this. 10,000 mg in my body, I’m a ticking bomb lmao. Thank you so much for the information. You have save my life with the keto diet along other info.

I must be a survivalist; I have 50lbs of organic cacao nibs.

I eat dark choc almonds almost daily..it covers almond benefits and choc benefits!��

Yes, theobromine is the key. It’s a better and far more interesting stimulant than caffeine. It’s a stimulant that also lowers blood pressure. As someone (Greger or CDC? I can’t remember) already noted, it’s oddly also an effective cough suppressant.

What has to be mentioned about chocolate and cocoa though is the acrylamide levels, especially in “dutched” cocoa (heavily toasted fine powder). Certain cocoa powder, and chocolate made from that powder, can have sky high acrylamide levels (does California require acrylamide warnings on chocolate the way they require on french fries?).

I think it’s best to mostly abstain from stimulants altogether, but if you like coffee, organic cocoa is a better alternative, and if you like cocoa, the best form is raw cocoa nibsthe crushed bean (surprisingly mild and naturally sweet). Note that “toasted” cocoa nibs seem to be only very lightly toasted.

Great information! Could you please explain (by way of example) as to how insulin sensitivity can be a positive (benefits, etc…) and how it can also be a bad thing (and how can we know if we are too insulin sensitive). Thank you; you made this point on your video and I would like to learn more about it. Also, if you could explain more about the emerging science of how theobromine affects your genes. Thank you!

Yeah but surely it opens up the arteries because cocoa contain caffeine which is a neurotoxin? lol

I love me some dark chocolate! I always go for 70% or above, usually 80%, and it’s always vegan, of course. 

I also made a video about the benefits of dark chocolate 2 days ago =)

From my experience with cacao powder I learned you have to eat it 10 hours before going to sleep in order for the therobromine to get out of your blood stream. I consumed the cacao powder it in the afternoon and evening and after two weeks I was exhausted and could barely stay awake during the day. Once I researched it and found the theobromine issue I added cacao to my breakfast, drinking it or adding it to oatmeal, and I began to sleep well again. So…you really have to have cacao or dark chocolate before noon to prevent it from really messing up your sleep patterns and making you miserable.

I love unsweetened cocoa in my oatmeal! It makes it chocolatey and the fruit I put in it sweetens it enough.

Is it suppressed with all milk, or just animal milk? What if it was vegan?

Eating 100% Dark Chocolate right now. Only 8g carbs per 100g bar.

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You can have a hot coco drink in the morning using agave taste good now my arm don’t hurt thank’s

Does it have to be raw cacao powder in order to conduct the benefits?

the woman who lived the longest ever eat 1 pound of dark choc a week

Coco contains theobromine which is a neurotoxin to humans. 

Stay away from this stuff

I buy “Pure Natural Miracles” raw organic 100% cacao powder. The nutrition facts label states: 30% (6g) saturated fat in a 1 ounce serving size. I am not sure one can get non fat cacao powder, or at least I have not searched for it. So I would appreciate Dr. Greger commenting on the intrinsic saturated fat in the cacao bean, and whether a small amount of this fat is harmful in an otherwise vegan diet.

Your skin is very good. Eat dark chocolate (so good to skin).

l’d sell my soul to the devil for chocolate,only dark of course,from 70% to 85%,milk chocolate is crap.l prefer some sugar inside.100% chocolate gets pretty sticky in mouth and hard to swallow down but raw cocoa powder is really not that bad.Eaten with some bananas and raisins or dates sugar doesn’t need to be added at all.Thanks for the info,chocoholic 4ever.

What effect does dark chocolate have on our coronary arteries?

Watch this week’s video below or click the link to watch on NutritionFacts.org: http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dark-chocolate-and-artery-function

i just ate a bunch of dark chocolate and im watching this to make myself feel better

Bad news for me. I have been mixing dark chocolate with milk hoping to get some benefit. Looks like I will have to do it with water!

Chocolate does contain caffein which will disrupt your neutransmitter pathway process.

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