Chocolate is good for you for so many reasons!!!

It is actually the 'cacao' in chocolate that is a major health benefit for the body! Yes chocolate can be considered 'health' food and the earth diet kind of chocolate makes a brilliant snack, protein fix, energy food for the gym, and even MEAL! Yes have chocolate for lunch! Why not when it's just a bunch of nuts, cacao, honey and water...? Eating chocolate this way is raw, whole, nutrient dense (which means you eat more nutrients for less calories) , sugar free, dairy free, soy free, gluten free, lactose free, chemical free, preservative free, hormone free, favourings  free and additive free. Make some of your own chocolate once a week and store it in the fridge and freezer for a perfect treat whenever you feel like it!  It is rich and absolutely divine! And YOU get to make it as dark and sweet as you like!

One of the main health components of cacao is Theobromine, which is a naturally occurring chemical compound containing basic nitrogen atoms of the  cacao plant. Theobromine helps alleviate the symptoms of asthma as it loosens  the muscles in the bronchus. It also stimulates the heart to a greater degree  and has also been identified as one of the compounds contributing to chocolates  reputed role as an aphrodisiac as is it linked to serotonin levels in the brain.  When you eat cacao a substantial amount of antioxidants enter the body that  reduce the formation of free radicals. In modern medicine, theobromine is  used as a vasodilator (a blood vessel widener), a diuretic (urination aid), and  heart stimulant. WOW! LOVING CHOCOLATE!

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READ blogs about chocolate, that Liana wrote during her 365 day experience on The Earth Diet:

CHOCOLATES HEALTH BENEFITS
http://theearthdiet.blogspot.com/2011/03/chocolates-health-benefits.html

DAY 21
http://theearthdiet.blogspot.com/2009/11/day-21.html

DAY 37
Chocolate made with psyllium husks!
http://theearthdiet.blogspot.com/2009/12/day-37.html

DAY 52     
Chocolate cravings and being in your natural statehttp://theearthdiet.blogspot.com/2009/12/day-52-thursday.html

DAY 115
http://theearthdiet.blogspot.com/2010/02/day-115.html

DAY 116
http://theearthdiet.blogspot.com/2010/02/day-116.html

DAY 119
Lecithin in chocolate http://theearthdiet.blogspot.com/2010/02/day-119.html

DAY 178
Chocolate and the child labourers
http://theearthdiet.blogspot.com/2010/04/day-178.html

DAY 253
Includes a recipe for peanut butter chocolate
balls, creamy strawberry nut pie and more! http://theearthdiet.blogspot.com/2010/07/day-253.html

DAY 297
http://theearthdiet.blogspot.com/2010/08/day-297.html

DAY 323    
Losing weight eating chocolate 
http://theearthdiet.blogspot.com/2010/09/day-323.html