Chocolate: Superfood of the Gods

by Linda Woolven, Ted Snider

Overview

You know chocolate tastes great. But this book delivers the best news of all: chocolate is GOOD for you! Linda Woolven and Ted Snider clearly lay out the science that shows that eating chocolate is good for your heart and good for diabetes while making you smarter and helping you lose weight. Chocolate: Superfood of the Gods is loaded in the mystical lore of chocolate. it shares all the latest exciting research you need to know about why you should eat more chocolate and more than sixty delicious recipes to tell you how to do it! Loaded in antioxidants, chocolate is nature's super food.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780940676497
Publisher:	Lotus Press WI
Publication date:	11/06/2018
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Linda Woolven is a Master Herbalist, Acupuncturist, Solution-Focused Counselor and Reiki Practitioner. She is the author of Smart Woman's Guide to PMS and Pain-free Periods, The Vegetarian Passport Cookbook and The All-New Vegetarian Passport. Together, Linda Woolven and Ted Snider are the authors of Healthy Herbs: Your Everyday Guide to Medicinal Herbs and Their Use, The Family Naturopathic Encyclopedia and Sex & Fertility: Natural Solutions. Linda Woolven & Ted Snider are also the authors of the natural health newsletter, The Natural Path. Their columns and articles have appeared in publications all over the world. Ted and Linda reside in Ontario Canada where they write in several journals on natural health magazines.

Table of Contents

Foreword iv

Part 1 Introduction

Chapter 1 A Brief History of Chocolate 3

Chapter 2 Flavonoids: The Story of Chocolate's Power 7

Part 2 Chocolate and Heart Health

Chapter 3 The Science of Valentine's Day: It's All True 17

Chapter 4 Chocolate and Cholesterol 25

Chapter 3 Chocolate and High Blood Pressure 37

Chapter 6 Chocolate and The Endothelial Wall 51

Chapter 7 Chocolate and Your Heart: Putting it All Together 59

Part 3 Chocolate And Diabetes

Chapter 8 Chocolate and Diabetes 65

Part 4 Chocolate And Your Mind

Chapter 9 Chocolate, Cognition & Mood 81

Part 5 Chocolate and Weight

Chapter 10 Chocolate and Weight: The Biggest Misconception 91

Part 6 The Many Other Benefits of Chocolate

Chapter 11 The Antioxidant Power of Chocolate 97

Chocolate and Exercise 99

Chocolate and Inflammation 100

Chocolate and Pregnancy 101

Chocolate and Intenstinal Health 102

Chocolate and Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfuction Syndrome 103

Chocolate and Sunburn 103

Chocolate and Your Teeth 104

Chocolate and Your Eyes 105

Part 7 Creative Cooking With Chocolate

Recipes: Onto the Fun Part! 109

Starters 112

Salads 117

Soups 119

Mains 122

Desserts 139

References 174