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	<title>Comments on: My Personal Cacao Incident &#8211; The Renegade Health Show Episode #189</title>
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		<title>By: Maegan (@ByndTheBandaids)</title>
		<link>http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/11/21/my-personal-cacao-incident#comment-179772</link>
		<dc:creator>Maegan (@ByndTheBandaids)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi!  What an awesome post! 
I have been researching Cacao/Cocoa/Dk Choc for a post on my blog - and on the surface, found positive info, then when I looked up scientific evidence, the outcomes were much different! 
Thanks for sharing your story - Maegan</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi!  What an awesome post!<br />
I have been researching Cacao/Cocoa/Dk Choc for a post on my blog &#8211; and on the surface, found positive info, then when I looked up scientific evidence, the outcomes were much different!<br />
Thanks for sharing your story &#8211; Maegan</p>
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		<title>By: Deb Martin</title>
		<link>http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/11/21/my-personal-cacao-incident#comment-177897</link>
		<dc:creator>Deb Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kevin,
This video was great learning for me about chocolate and possible allergic reaction.  I have been eating Xocai healthy chocolate for a little over 3 months now, and I personally have experienced 5 separate positive health results, the last of which is that my 4 old-age &quot;barnacles&quot; just fell off!  So, my skin is actually healing itself and turning back the clock with THIS particular chocolate.

I know a ton of people now who have experienced significant relief of various illnesses, including weird, neurological conditions.   Just yesterday, I gave two chocolates to my hairdresser who has a Fibromyalgia like disease.  She wasn&#039;t sure she could &quot;go on&quot; at work after she finished me because she almost couldn&#039;t lift her shoulders and arms and felt like she had the flu.  I asked her to drink a glass of water and eat a chocolate square.  After 15 minutes, she was experiencing some actual relief.  I gave her a 2nd one after 20 minutes.  When I left the salon she was telling everyone in the shop and had called her mother.  She felt like she could conquer the world.   

What type of cacao were you eating?  I know that some people are allergic to chocolate, and perhaps that&#039;s what happened with you.  I also know that the Xocai chocolate is a cold-press, patented process.  And, the FDA does in fact list it as a nutrient-dense food--in it&#039;s true raw form.  It&#039;s got the highest ORAC rating (ability to heal free radicals) out there. 

Wishing you the best in health, and would love to know what type of chocolate you were eating--made by what company.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kevin,<br />
This video was great learning for me about chocolate and possible allergic reaction.  I have been eating Xocai healthy chocolate for a little over 3 months now, and I personally have experienced 5 separate positive health results, the last of which is that my 4 old-age &#8220;barnacles&#8221; just fell off!  So, my skin is actually healing itself and turning back the clock with THIS particular chocolate.</p>
<p>I know a ton of people now who have experienced significant relief of various illnesses, including weird, neurological conditions.   Just yesterday, I gave two chocolates to my hairdresser who has a Fibromyalgia like disease.  She wasn&#8217;t sure she could &#8220;go on&#8221; at work after she finished me because she almost couldn&#8217;t lift her shoulders and arms and felt like she had the flu.  I asked her to drink a glass of water and eat a chocolate square.  After 15 minutes, she was experiencing some actual relief.  I gave her a 2nd one after 20 minutes.  When I left the salon she was telling everyone in the shop and had called her mother.  She felt like she could conquer the world.   </p>
<p>What type of cacao were you eating?  I know that some people are allergic to chocolate, and perhaps that&#8217;s what happened with you.  I also know that the Xocai chocolate is a cold-press, patented process.  And, the FDA does in fact list it as a nutrient-dense food&#8211;in it&#8217;s true raw form.  It&#8217;s got the highest ORAC rating (ability to heal free radicals) out there. </p>
<p>Wishing you the best in health, and would love to know what type of chocolate you were eating&#8211;made by what company.</p>
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		<title>By: Dani</title>
		<link>http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/11/21/my-personal-cacao-incident#comment-173684</link>
		<dc:creator>Dani</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ahh I love you thank you for posting this :)

Cacao has given me a looot of trouble...At first I felt lik

1) Eczema on my face

2) VIOLENT vomiting..Well, just one day but seriously? gross.

3) Abdominal pain (well, sugar in general does this to me..)

4) Excessive thirst

And I also believe that it has taxed my liver &amp; my kidney...Well, I am going to do a liver/gallbladder flush tomorrow hope it helps!!  And saranara cacao it was nice knowing you and omg I will miss you chocolate but I need to just say no to chocolate for now!!)

Thanks again, you&#039;re an angel :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ahh I love you thank you for posting this <img src='http://renegadehealth.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Cacao has given me a looot of trouble&#8230;At first I felt lik</p>
<p>1) Eczema on my face</p>
<p>2) VIOLENT vomiting..Well, just one day but seriously? gross.</p>
<p>3) Abdominal pain (well, sugar in general does this to me..)</p>
<p>4) Excessive thirst</p>
<p>And I also believe that it has taxed my liver &amp; my kidney&#8230;Well, I am going to do a liver/gallbladder flush tomorrow hope it helps!!  And saranara cacao it was nice knowing you and omg I will miss you chocolate but I need to just say no to chocolate for now!!)</p>
<p>Thanks again, you&#8217;re an angel <img src='http://renegadehealth.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Brandon</title>
		<link>http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/11/21/my-personal-cacao-incident#comment-65420</link>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have been eating raw for 5 years,
and for 3 of those years have been 
eating raw cacao none stop.

Recently, Essential Living Foods (Elf) 
(the whole seller of most of the major 
raw cacao companies) released information 
that the manufacturing plants in Ecuador
create NOT RAW cacao.

The processing actually brings it up
to 300 degrees!

To make a long story short, the only
raw cacao supposedly comes from Bali.

Only two companies carry that cacao.
One is Elf and the other is Living
Tree Community, So I ordered a bag.

When it got here, I excitedly made
a huge shake, and it WAS very different:
Different odor, color, taste...

The other cacao powder has always smelled
and tasted roasted to me.

I had an INCREDIBLE buzz...which turned
into a full blown PANIC ATTACK.

I felt an itch inside my body I 
couldn&#039;t itch. It went up through
my arm, chest, neck, forehead.

My heart was beating so fast.  My 
girlfriend who also had the shake with
me ALSO had a panic attack.

I meditating but it was too
intense.

That&#039;s when I found your blog.

I&#039;ve ALWAYS intuitively known that
cacao was not 100% good for me.

And like many of you, the buzz was
great at first, but like any drug I
became an addict and was now I feeling 
taxed in many ways...

Today is the day I&#039;m giving up cacao!

But man, this is going to be like getting
off heroin or some shit for me.

Thank you for helping me to make
that decision.

Brandon</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been eating raw for 5 years,<br />
and for 3 of those years have been<br />
eating raw cacao none stop.</p>
<p>Recently, Essential Living Foods (Elf)<br />
(the whole seller of most of the major<br />
raw cacao companies) released information<br />
that the manufacturing plants in Ecuador<br />
create NOT RAW cacao.</p>
<p>The processing actually brings it up<br />
to 300 degrees!</p>
<p>To make a long story short, the only<br />
raw cacao supposedly comes from Bali.</p>
<p>Only two companies carry that cacao.<br />
One is Elf and the other is Living<br />
Tree Community, So I ordered a bag.</p>
<p>When it got here, I excitedly made<br />
a huge shake, and it WAS very different:<br />
Different odor, color, taste&#8230;</p>
<p>The other cacao powder has always smelled<br />
and tasted roasted to me.</p>
<p>I had an INCREDIBLE buzz&#8230;which turned<br />
into a full blown PANIC ATTACK.</p>
<p>I felt an itch inside my body I<br />
couldn&#8217;t itch. It went up through<br />
my arm, chest, neck, forehead.</p>
<p>My heart was beating so fast.  My<br />
girlfriend who also had the shake with<br />
me ALSO had a panic attack.</p>
<p>I meditating but it was too<br />
intense.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s when I found your blog.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve ALWAYS intuitively known that<br />
cacao was not 100% good for me.</p>
<p>And like many of you, the buzz was<br />
great at first, but like any drug I<br />
became an addict and was now I feeling<br />
taxed in many ways&#8230;</p>
<p>Today is the day I&#8217;m giving up cacao!</p>
<p>But man, this is going to be like getting<br />
off heroin or some shit for me.</p>
<p>Thank you for helping me to make<br />
that decision.</p>
<p>Brandon</p>
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		<title>By: tina</title>
		<link>http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/11/21/my-personal-cacao-incident#comment-36845</link>
		<dc:creator>tina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>kevin, thanks for sharing your story! i&#039;ve been looking up the health benefits of cacao because i recently started making this mexican style chocolate drink. it brings me energy and tastes great and right now i find myself craving some. i love it! so instead of being one-sided and hearing about how awesome cacao is i thought i&#039;d google &quot;dangers of cacao&quot;... which led me to your site! i woke up this morning and one of my molars was chipped and i thought &quot;what have i been doing differently recently?&quot; and the answer is i&#039;ve increased my consumption of coffee, tea and cacao... i can&#039;t say that cacao alone is responsible because i&#039;ve read about coffee leeching minerals from your body, but your story is living proof that even though cacao is high in minerals, it leeches the minerals from your body (much like milk has shown to do in some studies). i&#039;m definitely going to take another look at my beverage consumption and cut down on all three of those even though people are telling me they&#039;re all good for your health in different ways. thanks for sharing, and i&#039;m definitely going to link to you on my (small and somewhat irrelevant) blog about my personal health experiences (which is rarely updated). i just wanted to let you know you&#039;ve presented me with some information that i feel i need to share. thanks!
tina</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>kevin, thanks for sharing your story! i&#8217;ve been looking up the health benefits of cacao because i recently started making this mexican style chocolate drink. it brings me energy and tastes great and right now i find myself craving some. i love it! so instead of being one-sided and hearing about how awesome cacao is i thought i&#8217;d google &#8220;dangers of cacao&#8221;&#8230; which led me to your site! i woke up this morning and one of my molars was chipped and i thought &#8220;what have i been doing differently recently?&#8221; and the answer is i&#8217;ve increased my consumption of coffee, tea and cacao&#8230; i can&#8217;t say that cacao alone is responsible because i&#8217;ve read about coffee leeching minerals from your body, but your story is living proof that even though cacao is high in minerals, it leeches the minerals from your body (much like milk has shown to do in some studies). i&#8217;m definitely going to take another look at my beverage consumption and cut down on all three of those even though people are telling me they&#8217;re all good for your health in different ways. thanks for sharing, and i&#8217;m definitely going to link to you on my (small and somewhat irrelevant) blog about my personal health experiences (which is rarely updated). i just wanted to let you know you&#8217;ve presented me with some information that i feel i need to share. thanks!<br />
tina</p>
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		<title>By: Will</title>
		<link>http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/11/21/my-personal-cacao-incident#comment-29494</link>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi everyone,
I&#039;ve STOPPED drinking cacao for many of the same symptoms above. I am a health enthusiast and felt encourage to drink cacao(or if you like killcao) after hearing David Wolfe speak about it as a &quot;Super Food Supplement&quot;. I eat raw foods and feel fantastic. I work a lot and thought Cacao(CaCa) would be a good substitute for a natural healthier energy feel good drink than coffee. I was drinking &quot;Premium certified organic cacao beans that are guaranteed free of heavy metals, fumigants, pesticides, &amp; chemical contaminants like hexane (Probably the better range of Cacao you can buy). 
 In the beginning, I liked the taste and drank 1 to 2 cups a day - about two (sometimes heaping) teaspoons with rice milk or plain. After a couple of weeks, I was drinking 2-3 cups (sometimes four cups) 5x a week . After two months, I&#039;ve experienced poor sleep, I&#039;d wake up to use the toilet and then forget to turn off the lights or fan when returning to bed. My urine was a lot darker. I became surprisingly  flimsy  when playing my guitar. Short turn memory loss too. The worst thing was I started to experience short 1-3 seconds(I think) of colorful daydreams/hallucinations. SCARY THING IS: THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHEN DRIVING!! I ALMOST HAD A CLOSE CALL ON THE FREE WAY. I HAD TO SING OUT LOUD (WITH AGGRESSION) ALONG WITH THE CAR RADIO SO I WOULDN&#039;T HALLUCINATE/DREAM. 
I&#039;VE HAD THE ITCHINESS, EXTREME TIREDNESS, THIRSTY,  A LITTLE MOODY(CAME LATER) AND DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN DEPENDENT ON THE STUFF TOO. I&#039;VE BEEN OFF IT FOR A WHILE AND ALL SYMPTOMS ARE GONE. NO MORE CACAO FOR ME. Like Soy it&#039;s another health$$con. 
THEY DEFINITELY NEED TO WRITE THE SIDE AFFECTS ON THE LABEL.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi everyone,<br />
I&#8217;ve STOPPED drinking cacao for many of the same symptoms above. I am a health enthusiast and felt encourage to drink cacao(or if you like killcao) after hearing David Wolfe speak about it as a &#8220;Super Food Supplement&#8221;. I eat raw foods and feel fantastic. I work a lot and thought Cacao(CaCa) would be a good substitute for a natural healthier energy feel good drink than coffee. I was drinking &#8220;Premium certified organic cacao beans that are guaranteed free of heavy metals, fumigants, pesticides, &amp; chemical contaminants like hexane (Probably the better range of Cacao you can buy).<br />
 In the beginning, I liked the taste and drank 1 to 2 cups a day &#8211; about two (sometimes heaping) teaspoons with rice milk or plain. After a couple of weeks, I was drinking 2-3 cups (sometimes four cups) 5x a week . After two months, I&#8217;ve experienced poor sleep, I&#8217;d wake up to use the toilet and then forget to turn off the lights or fan when returning to bed. My urine was a lot darker. I became surprisingly  flimsy  when playing my guitar. Short turn memory loss too. The worst thing was I started to experience short 1-3 seconds(I think) of colorful daydreams/hallucinations. SCARY THING IS: THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHEN DRIVING!! I ALMOST HAD A CLOSE CALL ON THE FREE WAY. I HAD TO SING OUT LOUD (WITH AGGRESSION) ALONG WITH THE CAR RADIO SO I WOULDN&#8217;T HALLUCINATE/DREAM.<br />
I&#8217;VE HAD THE ITCHINESS, EXTREME TIREDNESS, THIRSTY,  A LITTLE MOODY(CAME LATER) AND DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN DEPENDENT ON THE STUFF TOO. I&#8217;VE BEEN OFF IT FOR A WHILE AND ALL SYMPTOMS ARE GONE. NO MORE CACAO FOR ME. Like Soy it&#8217;s another health$$con.<br />
THEY DEFINITELY NEED TO WRITE THE SIDE AFFECTS ON THE LABEL.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin Gianni</title>
		<link>http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/11/21/my-personal-cacao-incident#comment-27638</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Gianni</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 18:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Dave, thanks for your posts... Please make sure you get a mineral test and remineralize immediately. :-)

Kev</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Dave, thanks for your posts&#8230; Please make sure you get a mineral test and remineralize immediately. <img src='http://renegadehealth.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Kev</p>
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		<title>By: Dave</title>
		<link>http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/11/21/my-personal-cacao-incident#comment-27632</link>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 17:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One or two tsp. cacao powder (from D. Wolfe&#039;s Sunfoods.com)in my protein shakes every day since September&#039;08. Had all these symptoms occur (most of them immediately)since taking the cacao: Palpitations (even a hasrh case of v-tac), insomnia, energy level drop, liver or kidney affected, dehydration, headaches (never have them otherwise as I don&#039;t do caffeine.)Many trips to the ER. Could not lie down without the palpitations. Now checking the cacao as the cause. Sounds likely. (Sunfoods was very nice and helpful in discussing this with me.)Wish I knew how long to expect for it to go away.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One or two tsp. cacao powder (from D. Wolfe&#8217;s Sunfoods.com)in my protein shakes every day since September&#8217;08. Had all these symptoms occur (most of them immediately)since taking the cacao: Palpitations (even a hasrh case of v-tac), insomnia, energy level drop, liver or kidney affected, dehydration, headaches (never have them otherwise as I don&#8217;t do caffeine.)Many trips to the ER. Could not lie down without the palpitations. Now checking the cacao as the cause. Sounds likely. (Sunfoods was very nice and helpful in discussing this with me.)Wish I knew how long to expect for it to go away.</p>
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		<title>By: Elaine</title>
		<link>http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/11/21/my-personal-cacao-incident#comment-20592</link>
		<dc:creator>Elaine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you so much for your research and post! I have had VERY similar experience with raw cacao-- both nibs and powder. Love it, but get itchy skin rash on my stomach and my lips and hands get extremely dry and irritated almost immediately after eating it. First it gives me a lift, but results in depleted energy for the day, and can also trigger irregular heartbeats and anxiety. I have kept trying to tell myself it must be something else because raw cacao is sooo good for you (I have read &quot;Naked Chocolate&quot; etc), however, your post has helped me to see the easiest thing would be to just cut it out. For whatever reason it just doesn&#039;t work for me, personaly. Hearing such a similar story has helped to drive this point home. Incidentally, I always crave greens juice after cacao-- must be to help replenish minerals... Oh, one other note... unfotunately, lower cacao content chocolate bars (like whole food organic dark chocolae, maybe 60% cacao or so) which are cooked and processed, but also contain sugar, are so much more benign in my system. However the sugar is something I just don&#039;t want, so have argued with myself about this too--why would raw cacao have such drastic negative effects and regular chocolate not? Anyway... thanks!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you so much for your research and post! I have had VERY similar experience with raw cacao&#8211; both nibs and powder. Love it, but get itchy skin rash on my stomach and my lips and hands get extremely dry and irritated almost immediately after eating it. First it gives me a lift, but results in depleted energy for the day, and can also trigger irregular heartbeats and anxiety. I have kept trying to tell myself it must be something else because raw cacao is sooo good for you (I have read &#8220;Naked Chocolate&#8221; etc), however, your post has helped me to see the easiest thing would be to just cut it out. For whatever reason it just doesn&#8217;t work for me, personaly. Hearing such a similar story has helped to drive this point home. Incidentally, I always crave greens juice after cacao&#8211; must be to help replenish minerals&#8230; Oh, one other note&#8230; unfotunately, lower cacao content chocolate bars (like whole food organic dark chocolae, maybe 60% cacao or so) which are cooked and processed, but also contain sugar, are so much more benign in my system. However the sugar is something I just don&#8217;t want, so have argued with myself about this too&#8211;why would raw cacao have such drastic negative effects and regular chocolate not? Anyway&#8230; thanks!</p>
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		<title>By: Brian P</title>
		<link>http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/11/21/my-personal-cacao-incident#comment-16246</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian P</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is my first experience tonight with cacao and I can say with all certainty that... cacao is not a supplement or a super food. Why? Well, in my past I experimented heavily and this is a very strong stimulant. Stimulants taken often deplete the bodies ability to absorb nutrients, minerals, etc. Tea, coffee do the same and they are not nearly as strong. I didn&#039;t even take a tablespoon as suggested and my experiences are... increased heart rate, (eyes) sensitivity to light, euphoria, no sense of time (it&#039;s been 4 hours), jitters, loss of appetite, and definitely high as a kite, etc. 

This should not be used often. Stimulants can be beneficial... once in a while... and not in the sense of pushing limits. 

But I am not who I used to be. I feel nothing compares to eating healthy foods... staying away from sweeteners... things with intense flavor... that are processed... 

How I roll? 
1) consume things that you can identify in their natural state... ex. an actual nutmeg, ginger root... etc.. not in a powder form... tomatoes not from a can... to make sauce. 

2) never heat anything at high temps. 250 to 300 degrees... maintain food integrity as much as possible.. NEVER USE A MICROWAVE for even water.

3) Buy food only if it is in a glass container.. Even avoid cans. 

4) Do research on GMO (genetically modified crops) NEVER consume what you can&#039;t be sure of.

5) Research soy...It&#039;s not good for you. Don&#039;t eat it. One of it&#039;s harmful side effects is it makes males feminine and causes sterility. 

6) Do not cook with aluminum pots, pans, or baking sheets...

7) I use a Berkey water filter.. even removes flouride. Never drink tap.

8) I don&#039;t use hazardous chemicals to clean anymore.. All my cleaning agents come from 5starsoap company.. Meaning Avoid Petroleum based skin irritants. And don&#039;t use Palmolive - colgate... big brand dish soaps.. unless you like consuming cancerous agents. 

9) If you use cooking oils.. always switch off.. Don&#039;t use the same one all the time.. I don&#039;t believe the hype about olive oil... so I rotate between sesame, grapeseed, and peanut oil. 

10) Switch to aluminum free deordorant and flourideless toothpaste such as tom&#039;s of Maine.

11) Avoid splenda, aspartame, msg, high fructose corn syrup... and anything that says on it&#039;s label Natural flavors.. Natural flavors means... (FDA) Anything resembling something natural and where the consumer can not tell the difference between chemicals and true natural ingredients.... Yessssss... 6000 products in big supermarkets add excitotoxins to your juices and organic foods... Look up dr. russell blaylock.



12) Never eat anything with a long ingredient label... Food should not be a chemistry lesson... And don&#039;t eat froze foods.. Go to farmers markets and by fresh...

13) Decrease usage of sugar to small amounts where you can regain your natural pallette for tasting food. Everything contains way too much flavor... and sweetness. That&#039;s why it&#039;s hard to appreciate BLAH natural foods.. But if you cut out sugar almost completely you&#039;ll see those foods aren&#039;t blah at all. 

14) Don&#039;t use a juicer... That&#039;s BS. Get a cuisinart and make natural smoothies that are easily digestible and great for you.. I have a recipe... hand full of red grapes.. handful of green grapes... 2 juice oranges... 2 apples... 2 thin carrots... 1 banana...  Add 2 cups of water... It&#039;s great for you and tastes great.. 

15) I use enerfood.. a raw food supplement that detoxes you and gives you energy.. from enerhealth botanicals... It&#039;s amazing... 

And much more if anyone is interested... But my point is... I am in a healthy state... not full of toxins... And I want to make that clear that in my case I am not having interactions or stirring up other conditions or agitating other unhealthy practices. I have had tons of energy just by following my list.. And this seems like a false energy as oppose to living a healthy lifestyle... 

Put some of this in to practice and see what it does for you... I feel alive again and from my point of view i can see vividly the difference between my lifestyle and using a cacao speed drink.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is my first experience tonight with cacao and I can say with all certainty that&#8230; cacao is not a supplement or a super food. Why? Well, in my past I experimented heavily and this is a very strong stimulant. Stimulants taken often deplete the bodies ability to absorb nutrients, minerals, etc. Tea, coffee do the same and they are not nearly as strong. I didn&#8217;t even take a tablespoon as suggested and my experiences are&#8230; increased heart rate, (eyes) sensitivity to light, euphoria, no sense of time (it&#8217;s been 4 hours), jitters, loss of appetite, and definitely high as a kite, etc. </p>
<p>This should not be used often. Stimulants can be beneficial&#8230; once in a while&#8230; and not in the sense of pushing limits. </p>
<p>But I am not who I used to be. I feel nothing compares to eating healthy foods&#8230; staying away from sweeteners&#8230; things with intense flavor&#8230; that are processed&#8230; </p>
<p>How I roll?<br />
1) consume things that you can identify in their natural state&#8230; ex. an actual nutmeg, ginger root&#8230; etc.. not in a powder form&#8230; tomatoes not from a can&#8230; to make sauce. </p>
<p>2) never heat anything at high temps. 250 to 300 degrees&#8230; maintain food integrity as much as possible.. NEVER USE A MICROWAVE for even water.</p>
<p>3) Buy food only if it is in a glass container.. Even avoid cans. </p>
<p>4) Do research on GMO (genetically modified crops) NEVER consume what you can&#8217;t be sure of.</p>
<p>5) Research soy&#8230;It&#8217;s not good for you. Don&#8217;t eat it. One of it&#8217;s harmful side effects is it makes males feminine and causes sterility. </p>
<p>6) Do not cook with aluminum pots, pans, or baking sheets&#8230;</p>
<p>7) I use a Berkey water filter.. even removes flouride. Never drink tap.</p>
<p> <img src='http://renegadehealth.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> I don&#8217;t use hazardous chemicals to clean anymore.. All my cleaning agents come from 5starsoap company.. Meaning Avoid Petroleum based skin irritants. And don&#8217;t use Palmolive &#8211; colgate&#8230; big brand dish soaps.. unless you like consuming cancerous agents. </p>
<p>9) If you use cooking oils.. always switch off.. Don&#8217;t use the same one all the time.. I don&#8217;t believe the hype about olive oil&#8230; so I rotate between sesame, grapeseed, and peanut oil. </p>
<p>10) Switch to aluminum free deordorant and flourideless toothpaste such as tom&#8217;s of Maine.</p>
<p>11) Avoid splenda, aspartame, msg, high fructose corn syrup&#8230; and anything that says on it&#8217;s label Natural flavors.. Natural flavors means&#8230; (FDA) Anything resembling something natural and where the consumer can not tell the difference between chemicals and true natural ingredients&#8230;. Yessssss&#8230; 6000 products in big supermarkets add excitotoxins to your juices and organic foods&#8230; Look up dr. russell blaylock.</p>
<p>12) Never eat anything with a long ingredient label&#8230; Food should not be a chemistry lesson&#8230; And don&#8217;t eat froze foods.. Go to farmers markets and by fresh&#8230;</p>
<p>13) Decrease usage of sugar to small amounts where you can regain your natural pallette for tasting food. Everything contains way too much flavor&#8230; and sweetness. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s hard to appreciate BLAH natural foods.. But if you cut out sugar almost completely you&#8217;ll see those foods aren&#8217;t blah at all. </p>
<p>14) Don&#8217;t use a juicer&#8230; That&#8217;s BS. Get a cuisinart and make natural smoothies that are easily digestible and great for you.. I have a recipe&#8230; hand full of red grapes.. handful of green grapes&#8230; 2 juice oranges&#8230; 2 apples&#8230; 2 thin carrots&#8230; 1 banana&#8230;  Add 2 cups of water&#8230; It&#8217;s great for you and tastes great.. </p>
<p>15) I use enerfood.. a raw food supplement that detoxes you and gives you energy.. from enerhealth botanicals&#8230; It&#8217;s amazing&#8230; </p>
<p>And much more if anyone is interested&#8230; But my point is&#8230; I am in a healthy state&#8230; not full of toxins&#8230; And I want to make that clear that in my case I am not having interactions or stirring up other conditions or agitating other unhealthy practices. I have had tons of energy just by following my list.. And this seems like a false energy as oppose to living a healthy lifestyle&#8230; </p>
<p>Put some of this in to practice and see what it does for you&#8230; I feel alive again and from my point of view i can see vividly the difference between my lifestyle and using a cacao speed drink.</p>
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