The Healing Powers of Chocolat

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Discover The Amazing Powers Of Chocolate! Did you know? . . . Known as Mother Nature’s “food of the gods”, the medicinal benefits of chocolate were recognized as far back as 4000 years ago. Eating chocolate can help boost the immune system, lower the risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes-even obesity-and increase lifespan. A 1.5 ounce bar of quality chocolate has as much antioxidant power as a 5 ounce glass of wine-without the side effects of alcohol. Chocolate is chock-full of mood-enhancing ingredients, including phenylethylamine (the “love drug”) and serotonin. Chocolate can relieve a host of ailments, including depression, fatigue, pain and PMS, as well as rev up your sex drive! Drawing on the latest scientific research as well as interviews with medical doctors and chocolatiers, this fascinating book reveals how to live longer and healthier while indulging in one of nature’s most decadent and versatile foods. Explore real chocolate (infused with fruits, herbs, and spices), Mediterranean-style, heart-healthy recipes, plus home remedies that combat everything from acne to anxiety. You’ll also discover rejuvenating beauty and anti-aging spa treatments-all made with antioxidant-rich chocolate! “Can dark chocolate boost brain power? This book shows you how regular intake of antioxidant-rich cacao foods is likely to do just that, and more”. -Ray Sahelian, M.D, author of Mind Boosters

Review

“The right kind, the right amount of chocolate may just save your life.”

–Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D.

“Can dark chocolate boost brain power? This book show you how regular intake of antioxidant-rich cacao foods is likely to do just that, and more.”

–Ray Sahelian, M.D., author of
Mind Boosters

“Chocolate is a taste of divine ecstasy on Earth. It is our sensual communion. Orey’s journalistic style and efforts share this insight with readers around the world.”

–Jim Walsh, founder of Intentional Chocolate

From the Author

Heart-Healthy Chunks Of Chocolate

By Cal Orey

A healthful diet and lifestyle are part of the arsenal to beat the battle of the bulge, which often be linked sooner than later to heart disease–still America’s number one killer for both men and women, according to the American Heart Association (AHA).

            In a cocoa bean shell, chocolate is made from the cocoa plant, which means it contains many of the health benefits of fruits and vegetables. These good-for-you perks stem from flavonoids, which act as mighty antioxidants. We know antioxidants protect the body from bad-for-you free radicals (imagine little Pac-Men wearing T shirts with the words “Antioxidant Fighter”) and gobble these harmful culprits in your body, lowering the risk of damage that can lead to heart disease.

            Heart-healthy chocolate has also been shown to lower blood pressure, and regulate cholesterol by reducing the bad kind (LDL) while maintaining the good kind (HDL)–two culprits for boomers and elderly folk. Caveat: Start slow working your way up to the dark stuff. Try 48% to 50% cacao content infused with spices, fruits, and nuts. You can do this the easy way!

High Blood Pressure and the Chocolate Cure

            It’s the total diet and lifestyle package that may keep blood pressure numbers normal–not just dark chocolate. But chocolate can come to the rescue and research proves it.

How Chocolate Works:
  Turn to chocolate if you are one out of approximately three American adults with high blood pressure. A past study conducted by Harvard medical researchers found that the Kuna Indians who reside on an island off the Caribbean coast of Panama are not plagued by hypertension or heart disease.  Scientists say that the answer may be as simple as the five cups of cocoa they drink daily–and that may be what keep the tribe immune to blood pressure numbers soaring out of control.

            What’s more, Yale University researchers discovered that solid dark chocolate and liquid cocoa