Raw Mayan Gold Cacao (Chocolate) Powder is an amazing Super Food with 1200+ active constituents including high amounts of antioxidants, magnesium, chromium, and much more!. This is a truly raw, Certified Pristine product.
What is Cacao?
Cacao (cuh-COW) is the edible part of the cocoa bean after it has been harvested, dried, fermented, and hulled. This minimal processing doesn't destroy the beneficial nutrients. Our cacao is then ground into a fine powder by pressing the oil from raw cacao beans. The majority of shell debris has been removed for a smooth, rich, premium chocolate taste, free of bitterness, burnt after taste and chemicals which contribute to "caffeine jitters". Once you have a taste of this rich, creamy, decadent chocolate, you'll never try another brand! Most commercial cocoa powders are processed at extremely high heat which destroys the nutrient content and leaves a bitter, undesirable taste. Chemicals, hexanes, and preservatives are typically added to neutralize the burnt after taste.
Why Unprocessed Chocolate is Good for You
Antioxidants: Cacao has more antioxidant flavonoids than many of the foods tested so far, including blueberries, red wine, and black and green teas. In fact, it has up to four times the quantity of antioxidants found in green tea. Health benefits of these antioxidants include:
- Promote cardiovascular health - Help dilate bloods vessels, reduce blood clotting, improve circulation, help regulate heartbeat and blood pressure, lower LDL cholesterol, and reduce the risk of stroke and heart attacks.
- Protect from environmental and metabolic toxins - Help repair and resist damage caused by free radicals, and may reduce risk of certain cancers.
Neurotransmitters: By increasing the levels of specific neurotransmitters in our brains, cacao promotes positive outlook, facilitates rejuvenation and simply helps us feel good.
- Serotonin - Cacao raises the level of serotonin in the brain; thus acts as an anti-depressant, helps reduce PMS systems, and promotes a sense of well-being.
- Endorphins - Cacao stimulates the secretion of endorphins, producing a pleasurable sensation similar to the “runner’s high” a jogger feels after running several miles.
- Phenylethylamine - Found in chocolate, phenylethylamine is also created within the brain and released when we are in love. Acts as mild mood elevator and anti-depressant, and helps increase focus and alertness.
- Anandamide - Anandamide is known as the “bliss chemical” because it is released by the brain when we are feeling great. Cacao contains both N-acylethanolamines, believed to temporarily increase the levels of anandamide in the brain, and enzyme inhibitors that slow its breakdown. Promotes relaxation, and helps us feel good longer.
Essential Minerals: Cacao beans are rich in a number of essential minerals, including magnesium, sulfur, calcium, iron, zinc, copper,chromium, potassium and manganese.
- Magnesium - Cacao seems to be the #1 source of magnesium of any food. Magnesium balances brain chemistry, builds strong bones, and helps regulate heartbeat and blood pressure. Magnesium deficiency, present in 80% of Americans, is linked with PMT, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and joint problems.
- Sulfur - Cacao is high in the beauty mineral sulfur. Sulfur builds strong nails and hair, promotes beautiful skin, detoxifies the liver, and supports healthy pancreas functioning.
- Chromium – Cacao is very high in chromium which is necessary for balancing blood sugar.
Essential fats: There is a misperception that chocolate is fattening. In truth, the fats in raw cacao are healthy fats.
- Cacao contains oleic acid, a heart-healthy monounsaturated fat, also found in olive oil, that may raise good cholesterol.
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Ingredients
100% Certified Pristine, raw cacao powder and pure love.
Guaranteed free of: magnesium stearate (a toxic excipient), corn, milk, soy, salt, sugar, wheat, yeast, artificial colors, flavors or preservatives.
Storage: Store in a cool, dry place. Freezer is the most ideal
How to Use Mayan Gold Cacao Powder?
Add cacao powder to all your favorite smoothies, elixirs, teas, desserts or anything else you can imagine. Just one or two spoonfuls can transform any recipe into a healthy chocolate treat. It even goes great on top of fresh fruit! Enhance your pleasure to the maximum...enjoy!
Healthy Hot Cocoa
Add 1/2 to 1 tablespoon of Mayan Gold Cacao Powder to 2 tablespoons coconut milk into your favorite mug. Use Vanilla Agave, Grade B Maple Syrup, or Premier Natural Sugar as your sweetner. Pour in hot water, stir and drink with wild abandon!
Very Important Word of Caution: If you have been diagnosed with kidney problems or kidney disease, have a history of bladder infections, kidney stones, gout, and/or experience chronic swelling and edema, raw cacao may not be for you. Cacao contains oxalates, and when consumed in excess contribute to the formation of kidney stones. Although cacao is full of nutrients and offers many health benefits, it should always be used in moderation.
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Why Certified Organic Means Less Than You May Imagine
Certified Organic is meaningless. In fact, it's a great joke with food brokers and other industry insiders. Certified Organic means at a single point in time a dirt sample was analyzed and it met requirements of the Organic Standards Act. There is no guarantee the product you receive is from a clean field.
Even if importers spot check shipments, every single particle of product must be tested to insure purity. This is extremely complex as many companies package foods overseas and most testing methods are destructive. In other words, testing destroys product.
Certified Pristine Far Surpasses Certified Organic and is the next generation of certified food standard which addresses:
- Requires every product particle be tested
- Non-destructively test every product particle using Crystal Spectroscopy, finger printing for:
- Product species and genus.
- Product grade (nutrient profile).
- Product moisture content.
- Product heat index (heat applied during harvest, processing, and transit.)
- Ensures genus and species of every product particle matches agreed upon minimum genus and species content
- Agreements in place where farmers replace/reship at no cost product of incorrect genus and species or incorrect water content
- Agreements in place where brokers replace/reship at no cost product which arrives irradiated or x-rayed
- Protection from Irradiation and X-Rays
- Protection from exhaust fume absorption during transit
- Ensure harvesting methods producing peak nutrient profile
- Determining exact chemical residue levels to ensure products are clean (free from pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, petrochemicals, heavy metals)
- Ensure agreed upon water content
- Protection from oxidation (slow cooking by oxygen exposure) during shipping and storage
- Protection from GMO (Genetically Modified) contamination
- Protection from microbial (bacteria/fungus/yeast/mold) contamination
