Sex, Food, Chocolate and the Church
Sex, Food, Chocolate and the Church
Sex, Food, Chocolate and the Church
In the 1600’s, chocolate was thought to be a powerful aphrodisiac, inflaming lustful passion. So much so that religious leaders banned monks and nuns from ingesting it.
In 1997, three French senators campaigned to have chocolate reclassified as ‘vital foodstuff.’ Chocolate, they claimed, with its high content of magnesium and various vitamins, as well as its stimulatory and anti-depressant properties, qualified for a reclassification, which would lower its tax rate from 20.5 percent and 5.5 percent.
Further, if chocolate were to be added to medicines, those drugs could qualify for the super duper reduced tax rate of 2.1 percent (applied to prescriptions) and these medicines could qualify for reimbursement by social security. It’s the PEA (phenylethylamine) that gets the ‘sex’ pumping! PEA creates feelings of euphoria, creating a yum-delish rush, as it causes the release of dopamine (the happy hormone).
Other foods that contain PEA are apples, avocados, tomatoes, cheddar cheese, and last but not least almonds, which is said to increase women’s sex drive, as it potentially improves heart health.
Read here about the power of pure chocolate.
Sacred Roots
Unadulterated, untainted, unmodified, pure cacao beans, the source of pure raw chocolate, is where it’s at! They are still used for rituals, in medicine and celebration in the Yucatan Peninsula.
Love and Sex
Cacao beans are a natural drug. They contain up to 2.2 percent phenylethylamine, the ‘love and sex’ chemical. Cacao beans contain other compounds that enhance mood, joy, creativity and imagination. Imagine that!
Buyer Beware
The main ingredient in most commercial chocolates bars is sugar, not cacao. Read the labels!
Suppresses Appetite
A shocker, no? Good fats are present in pure chocolate that that help to suppress appetite and stimulate the digestive system.
Ward off Vascular Disease
Chocolates contain a compound called Flavanoids, which can ward off vascular disease that can lead to heart attacks and strokes. The darker the chocolate, the more bitter tasting it is, the higher the Flavanoids.
Mental Acuity
Natural Joy
Unfortunately, we have been cut off from the natural joys of chocolate, due to mass produced candies that are cooked at high temperatures, whose ingredients include refined sugars, processed milks, stabilizing agents, extra caffeine and waxes. Chocolate with high levels of cacao is naturally joyful.
Meant to be Savored
I suspect that chocolate was not put on this earth to help you escape. It is a sacred way of connecting – to the moment. To the beauty. To the ability to taste. Savor the moment.
Know Your Limits
Plan on your one square per day, no more than one-ounce, and again make it a ritual of beauty, peace and empowerment.
Milk Chocolate Nullifies
Milk chocolate is created when milk is added to chocolate liquor. While it creates that creamy taste and texture that we all love so much, it cancels out all the healthful benefits of the cacao. In fact, technically it’s milk candy not chocolate!
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