Thu, Oct-26-17, 07:33
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Plan: EpiPaleo/Primal/LowOx
Stats: 220/130/150
BF:
Progress: 129%
Location: USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cshepard
From the post linked to above:
"And a diet heavy in chocolate is a diet heavy in sugar, calories, and fat."
Except when it's not. I would love to see some studies focusing on the benefits of non-candy cocoa in a healthy, sugar free diet.
I enjoy a lot of plain, unsweetened, cocoa powder - in my coffee, in spiced teas, as mole sauces and rubs and mixed with coconut cream in frozen desserts (with no added sugar or artificial sweeteners), and I believe that it is a good source of fibre, and potassium among other things.
The main trouble I see with chocolate is that everyone assumes you can only enjoy it as a sweetened candy bar. The deliciousness is still there if you can ween yourself off the sugar.
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I completely agree! I get high quality cocoa and add it to my whole milk, unsweetened, yogurt with berries; delightful! Shreds of baking chocolate also work.
It doesn't have to have the sugar. And there's nothing wrong with fat; cocoa butter, either.
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