Posts tagged ‘chocolate’
Healthy Hot Chocolate!
Love Hot chocolate? Me too! What I didn’t like was all the junk that is added to instant hot chocolate.
For example here are the list of ingredients for Nestle’ Instant Hot Cocoa Mix –
- 1 1/2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder with 70% or more cacao.
- 1 packet of Stevia powder (or 1/4 tsp. liquid)
- 1 cup of raw milk (Click here to learn more about the benefits of raw milk)
- For special times – add a dollop of whip cream (Natural by Nature uses organic cream and only 1 gram of sugar from cane sugar with no hydrogenated oils)
Don’t Give Up Your Chocolate! Try this Healthy Version…
Dark Chocolate Goji Berries!
I found these in my local co-op from a company called Extreme Health USA.
A couple of days a week I get an urge for chocolate. So instead of giving it up, I’ve changed what kind of chocolate I’ll eat.
For the most part, I will only eat organic dark chocolate because of the increased antioxidant properties with less of the unhealthy part – namely sugar. These use organic evaporated cane juice instead of the refined white sugar found in most chocolate.
I love these bite size chocolate covered berries because of their taste – but check out the health benefits:
COMPARE
Antioxidant Levels |
|
FOOD
|
ORAC Units*
|
Goji Berry
|
25,100
|
Prunes
|
5,700
|
Raisins
|
2,830
|
Spinach
|
1,260
|
Brussel Sprouts
|
980
|
Broccoli
|
890
|
Oranges
|
750
|
Cherries
|
670
|
* ORAC units (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity Scale) is a measure of the ability of antioxidants to absorb oxygen “free radicals”; 3000 units is considered an industry standard for health.
Extreme Health’s Goji Berry is 25,100 units. |
So if you get that chocolate craving- give these a try! They also come in other flavors like Cappuccino, milk chocolate, and pomegranate yogurt.
To Your Health!