Comments on: Chocolatey Myths http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/12/15/chocolatey-myths/ Welcome to Eat Drink Better: Sustainable Food for a Healthy Lifestyle Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:41:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: angela http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/12/15/chocolatey-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-72531 angela Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:40:32 +0000 http://eatdrinkbetter.com/?p=2684#comment-72531 Would you please let me know where I can get the raw cacao powder for consumption. Thank you Angela Would you please let me know where I can get the raw cacao powder for consumption. Thank you Angela

]]> By: michelle http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/12/15/chocolatey-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-61840 michelle Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:06:02 +0000 http://eatdrinkbetter.com/?p=2684#comment-61840 Thank you for the article. I really enjoyed the information on the Kuna, in particular. I would just like to add my voice to "dylan toymaker's" above, and perhaps express an opinion as well. I eat a lot of high quality chocolate that is produced by small companies and could be somewhere in-between Hersheys/Mars and the traditional Kuna method of hand-picking the beans and drying them in the sun. That chocolate tastes *much* different than "regular" chocolate chips or bars, and I think trusting your tastebuds on things like this is important. So my objection is the jump from Hersheys/Mars to Kuna cocoa without honoring all of the food artisans who are providing healthy products to the marketplace already (ie, Dragoba). I will mention that I actually have a Ph.D. in Nutrition from UC Berkeley, so I do have an interest and a background in health and nutrition. Cheers, Michelle Thank you for the article. I really enjoyed the information on the Kuna, in particular.

I would just like to add my voice to “dylan toymaker’s” above, and perhaps express an opinion as well. I eat a lot of high quality chocolate that is produced by small companies and could be somewhere in-between Hersheys/Mars and the traditional Kuna method of hand-picking the beans and drying them in the sun. That chocolate tastes *much* different than “regular” chocolate chips or bars, and I think trusting your tastebuds on things like this is important. So my objection is the jump from Hersheys/Mars to Kuna cocoa without honoring all of the food artisans who are providing healthy products to the marketplace already (ie, Dragoba).

I will mention that I actually have a Ph.D. in Nutrition from UC Berkeley, so I do have an interest and a background in health and nutrition.

Cheers, Michelle

]]> By: dylan toymaker http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/12/15/chocolatey-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-61215 dylan toymaker Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:16:02 +0000 http://eatdrinkbetter.com/?p=2684#comment-61215 how does standard "commercially available cocoa" compare to the also available, but not as common, "raw cacao"? i know the story the raw chocolate people tell has the raw form = more pure and active and super-food like; is there any research from the cocoa symposium available? .d how does standard “commercially available cocoa” compare to
the also available, but not as common, “raw cacao”?

i know the story the raw chocolate people tell has the raw form = more pure and active and super-food like; is there any research from the cocoa symposium available?

.d

]]> By: casey http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/12/15/chocolatey-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-60319 casey Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:45:07 +0000 http://eatdrinkbetter.com/?p=2684#comment-60319 I run a small travel agency in panama (http://www.vacationscostarica.com/panama) and have spent a lot of time in the San Blas Islands. About 2 years ago, I had the pleasure of speaking at length with one island's medicine man. He showed me the various ways they consume cacao, the tonics he creates and the various "delivery methods" for ailments ranging from low energy to a hangover. The hangover trick involved squatting over a steaming pot of cacao, which I thought may be worse than the hangover :) One of the most amazing things about most Kuna is that they have bizarrely perfect teeth and their skin usually looks about 5-10 years younger than their actual age. I run a small travel agency in panama (http://www.vacationscostarica.com/panama) and have spent a lot of time in the San Blas Islands. About 2 years ago, I had the pleasure of speaking at length with one island’s medicine man. He showed me the various ways they consume cacao, the tonics he creates and the various “delivery methods” for ailments ranging from low energy to a hangover. The hangover trick involved squatting over a steaming pot of cacao, which I thought may be worse than the hangover :) One of the most amazing things about most Kuna is that they have bizarrely perfect teeth and their skin usually looks about 5-10 years younger than their actual age.

]]> By: The Local Cook http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2009/12/15/chocolatey-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-60288 The Local Cook Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:38:48 +0000 http://eatdrinkbetter.com/?p=2684#comment-60288 Hmmm. Well, I guess the solution is to drink more wine :-) Hmmm. Well, I guess the solution is to drink more wine :-)

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