Archive for April, 2008

Chocolate may help with pregnancy!!

Wow, that is like music to a woman’s ears!! Chocolate can actually help with pregnancy!!!
New research performed at Yale University suggests that including dark chocolate in your diet may prevent pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia.
There is a chemical in dark chocolate called ‘theobromine’, which stimulates the heart, relaxes smooth muscles and dilates blood [...]

What are catechins and epicatechins??

Catechins and epicatechins are found in a variety of plant sources. The largest source of catechins in the human diet are found in chocolates, wine, teas and vegetables.
Catechins also demonstrate antioxidant activities. Remember antioxidants are needed to remove the toxins from our bodies, but our bodies don’t make these so we must find products that [...]

Did you eat your veggies today??

Remember growing up and having your mommy ask those famous words, ‘Did you eat all your veggies?’ I certainly do, but did she really know why veggies were so important?
We have been taught to have a variety of servings of fruits and vegetables daily, but why??
Well, did you know that fruits and vegetables are very [...]

Can we control the cravings?

I am always asked how do you control the cravings…the answer is not a simple one.
There are times that we crave certain food items and those are signs that our bodies are giving us….for example, you may crave peanuts… your body is probably needing more protein..
Being a vegetarian, it is difficult to get all the [...]

Why would you want to live longer?

Why does it seem that we are obsessed with living longer?
Have you ever watched the infomercials out? They seem to all be targeted to losing weight, and looking younger!!!
Do we really need the quick fix? Unfortunately it seems like we do…or one would think so because of all the commercials, informercials and ads out on [...]

Don’t be fooled….

Don’t be fooled by the other products on the market claiming to be healthy chocolate!!
There are no others like Xocai… for instance,
Xocai contains unprocessed cacao
Xocai combines the power of unprocessed cacao with the acai berry
Xocai also adds other fruits high in antioxidants such as blueberries and concord grapes
Xocai contains – all natural ingredients, no caffeine [...]


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