Ahhh!!! I seriously can not believe it is February! As you know from my previous post in January everything starts with my nutrition. As I have mentioned before you will read in this newsletter that we address ALL nutrition- which we call Primary Food. Since it is February, I thought it would be appropriate to focus on my two favorite primary foods: Chocolate & Love!
Since I can remember, I have always loved the idea, the concept, the dream of being in love. In love with a partner, in love with a song, in love with a dress, in love a piece of jewelry, in love with a book, in love with a performer, in love with my yoga teacher, in love with a meditation, in love with a job, in love with my family, in love with an exotic, warm place, in love with green juice, in love with my late Nanny Eve's noodle kuegel, in love with CHOCOLATE!
In February, the majority of western retailers, restaurants, florists,and bakeries, focus on Chocolate & Love notes. I, Clarissa focus on Chocolate & Love notes daily. So you can only imagine how much I LOVE the short 28 days that fall in February. So what do Chocolate & Love have in common that makes me desire them so much? Cacao (real chocolate, RAW & LIVE, before it has been processed) affects the brain by causing the release of certain neurotransmitters which are known to trigger or release emotions, and one of those emotions is euphoria, making it like LOVE, so desirable, so necessary, so warm, so romantic!
Did you know?
Most negative bad things commonly attributed to non-raw chocolate, such as diabetes, weight gain, irritability, mood swings, and cavities, are actually caused by the, processed refined white sugar, dairy and numerous toxic other fillers that are added to dark chocolate! Terrible, I KNOW! Chocolate has so many Health benefits when it is in the form of raw cacao beans, butter, nibs and/or powder.
Some Health benefits of chocolate include:
- Weight loss WHY? Its contains high chromium and coumarin levels
- Prevention of cavities WHY? Theo-bromine actually kills streptococci mutans, this actually kills one of the strains of bacteria that cause tooth decay (please still brush those fangs well...)
- Regulation of blood sugar which is beneficial for diabetes WHY? Chromium can naturally regulate blood sugar
- Benefits the heart and the entire cardiovascular system as a whole
RAW CACAO LOVE ELIXIR
8ozs organic almond milk
½ cup crushed ice
1 ripe organic banana
3 pitted dates, or 1 tablespoon local honey
½ avocado (about ¼ cup)
2 tablespoons raw organic cacao, or carob
2 tablespoons organic almond butter
1½ teaspoon golden flax seed
alcohol free vanilla to taste
pinch pink Himalayan sea salt
Instructions
Add all ingredients into the blender.
Blend for 30 seconds until smooth
DRINK SHARE ENJOY
*** you can purchase RAW Cacao at Whole Foods, your local Health Food Store or at Vitacost.com in addition to many other on-line resources.
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