Raw Chocolate

Raw Chocolate sweetened with raw honey!

One of the amazing benefits of the era of information that we live in, is the access to the nutritional information about the foods we love. Savoring your favorite chocolate is more satisfying when you know of its tremendous benefits for your health.  Raw cacao ranks top of the list in antioxidant content as well as number one food source with highest magnesium content. Nothing can be better than pairing raw cacao and raw honey. We have done this for you!! You can now enjoy raw chocolates when you come to visit us at our Honey store in Marana. 

The Aztecs called cacao "yollotl eztli," meaning "heart blood." 

• highest source of antioxidants than any other food source
• highest source of magnesium and chromium of any food
• vitamins A, B(1, 2, 3, & 6), C and E 
• calcium
• manganese
• zinc
• sulphur
• iron
• phosphorus
• omega 6 fatty acids
• amino acids
• soluble fiber
• carbohydrates
• saturated fats
• enzymes: catalase, lipase and amylase

There is a story about a french lady named Jeanne Louise Calment. It is said that she lived to be 122 and reports from those closest to her are that she enjoyed two and a half pounds of bitter dark chocolate a week. 

Raw cacao benefits extend into heart health due to abundant amount of antioxidants and minerals like magnesium (one of which most of the population in the U. S. is dangerously deficient of) and phytochemicals that balance blood pressure and lower high cholesterol. 

Some health benefits of raw cacao are:

• improves heart health
• improves cholesterol levels
• reduces stress 
• anti-inflammatory 

Your heart health is in your hands, eat more raw chocolate!!

Sources:

http://www.naturalnews.com/041916_cacao_scientific_research_health_benefits.html#

http://www.secrets-of-longevity-in-humans.com/raw-cacao-benefits.html