Your take on Chocolate? - Page 2

[bluebell]

Originally Posted by uccomama

Even Aajonus Vonderplantiz says chocolate is okay, but he is talking about raw chocolate that you make yourself, you know what I mean, not homemade cacao beans!

uccomama i thought in his books he said that chocolate wasn't good because of the natural chemicals and that he suggests to use carob instead? just wondering because i'm still undecided about chocolate for me even the raw stuff - whenever i eat raw chocolate i immediatly start craving it and i find that i will get physical withdrawls like headache and nausea if i stop eating it. it gives me such a boost but i feel so bad afterwards. thats even just eating a small amount of one of someone like shazzies raw chocolate bars! its so annoying because it really helps me when i feel depressed - like yesterday because the weather in england is like winter and i'm getting no sunshine so feel like i've got SAD and need chocolate!! (same today so i'll just have to have more chocolate and deal with the after affects later ;-(

so does Aajonus believe that raw chocolate is a good health food? if it does have a drug like affect is that good? this is what i'm wondering as dd is begging for chocolate and i'm scared to try her with it in case it backfires with her too.

[Mirzam]

bluebell, he wrote an article about chocolate in one of his newsletters. PM me your email addy and I will pass it on to you, its a pdf file. In the newsletter, he talks about how even though he has been on a raw food diet for so long and no longer has additctions, he still has cravings which he attributes to nutritional deficiencies. He eats raw chocolate made with raw cocoa beans blended with raw egg, fat (butter and a little raw cream) and unheated honey and he has not experienced any addiction to it. He found this wasn't the case when eating the same mixture with raw carob beans, he did become addicted to it.

He says that:

Raw cocoa contains flavonoids and strengthens blood pressure, heart and vascular system improving circulation, glucose metabolism and eye sight

In micro amounts, raw theobromine, caffine and theophyline stimulate creative thought processes..

That's a good enough excuse to eat raw chocolate right there!

He feels that most people on a raw diet could safely consume around two tablespoons of pure cocoa beans weekly blended with raw egg, six tablespoons of raw fat and some unheated honey without any harm. It also said they might benefit with increased energy, mental activity and creativity!

He also has a couple of raw chocolate recipes:

Aajonus' Natural Bitter Chocolate and Aajonus' raw organge chocolate cheesecake in the newsletter also.

I spoke to my mum yesterday and she was moaning about the crappy weather you have had in England summer, so I can understand why you need to take to the chocolate!

[bluebell]

uccomama thanks i have pm'd you, i would be really interested in reading that article. also can i get the newsletters? how do i get them? thanks.

[Mirzam]

Originally Posted by bluebell

uccomama thanks i have pm'd you, i would be really interested in reading that article. also can i get the newsletters? how do i get them? thanks.

I emailed you the newsletter. To get access to them you need to subscribe at wewant2live.com.

[Freespiritedjem]

I eat a little high quality dark chocolate every now and then. Not every day, and like one small square at a time, per day. I have the willpower to do that, DH not so much. There is this particular kind I like from whole foods, but it's not cheap and I only indulge every now and then. I've read there are antioxidants in chocolate. I guess if you are going to indulge in something sweet, you could do a lot worse than some high quality dark chocolate.