Dive into a book loaded with the mystical lore of chocolate as well as all of the latest exciting and intriguing research you need to know about why you should eat more chocolate. Includes over 60 recipes for soups, salads, starters, main courses and, of course, desserts! This book deftly covers the highly compelling and extensive scientific and clinical research conducted on the myriad health benefits of cocoa and chocolate. Linda Woolven and Ted Snider's many years of experience as herbalists and natural medicine researchers provide an excellent window on the past decades of advances in science that make cocoa and chocolate health foods.This book covers documentation supporting the many positive cardiovascular benefits and even cognitive reasons why all of us should eat more cocoa and chocolate on a regular basis. - Mark Blumenthal Founder and Executive Director, American Botanical Council
If you think chocolate is exclusively for dessert, be prepared to expand your bittersweet horizons. This book deserves a place on the shelf of every culinary enthusiast!
Your body will All chocolate originates from cacao (cocoa) beans, the seeds of football-shaped fruits that grow on the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao). Often referred to as “food of the gods,” cacao is a beloved superfood with a long ...
After a long winter, asparagus is one of the first signs of spring. ... spears) provides 2.8 grams of fiber; nearly 3 grams of iron; 271 milligrams of potassium; vitamins A, C, and E; plus good amounts of almost all the B vitamins.
It comes from the bean of a Theobroma Cacao Tree, which translates as “food of the gods”. ... By adding raw chocolate and other key superfoods to your diet each day you will note the positive changes in just a matter of weeks.
Wolfe describes the top ten superfoods in great detail and provides delicious recipes for each.
... enjoy in limited quantities) Salsa fresca/pico de gallo Black, pinto, or refried beans (ask if they are vegan and check for fat; refried beans are often just mashed pinto beans with seasoning) Rice (ask if vegan and low-oil/no lard) ...
Chocolate. If you're like 99.9 percent of people, you'll need no convincing to add this superfood to your plate! This food of the gods, dating back to ancient Mexico, doesn't need to be taken over by sugar to satisfy the chocoholic in ...
My favorite in this group is the superfood cacao; it's where dark chocolate comes from. ... quite literally—the cacao tree's scientific name is Theobroma cacao, which directly translates to “cacao, food of the Gods.
These essays show us the power of speculative modes of fiction to help us look anew at prehistorical and psychomythical attitudes toward food and eating; historical Western-cultural attitudes toward the material fact of food and the ...
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