Cacao versus Coffee

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Permalink Reply by Michele on January 7, 2009 at 3:06pm

How much cacao for you would be way too much?

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Permalink Reply by Raini on January 7, 2009 at 3:07pm

A half of a chocolate bar is good for me, but anything after two chocolate bars would give me the cacao head/tummyache

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Permalink Reply by Rawstrength on January 7, 2009 at 2:28pm

Experiment with your body, play with your food. Only you will be able to tell if cacao is right for you, and if it will help you get off coffee. I've never been a coffee drinker. Coffee makes my knees shake, my brain quake, I get light headed and dizzy and if I drank a lot, even pass out. I have no side effects from cacao. But everyone is different.

Dandelion tea, because it is bitter like coffee, could be another good coffee substitute for you. Maybe you can go from coffee to cacao to dandelion tea to water.

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Permalink Reply by Michele on January 7, 2009 at 2:33pm

Thank you, ... I think I will try it just to see what it does for me. Tomorrow it's braving the cold weather, and taking a walk up the street to Whole Foods for me. I find it encouraging that your reaction to cacao is so different from your reaction to coffee. The way I drink coffee ... it's not bitter. I've got to have it a little sweet, honey or raw sugar, and ugh, a bit of half & half or milk. So I need to replace it with something on the sweet side with a "promise" of a mood lift.

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Permalink Reply by Michele on January 7, 2009 at 2:28pm

I have gotten to where coffee doesn't even give me a lift, actually the negative side effects I experience with it are far greater than anything positive I get from it. I wonder if cacao would therefore do nothing for me in the same way ... and my hope is that the negative side effects would not be as bad. My coffee addiction is a psychological illness, I recognize it. I have the best of intentions, but then it's like some robotic being defiantly takes over my body and puts me through the motions of my coffee habit.

If I can create a cacao habit to replace the coffee it would be better I would think ... and then wean away from that.

The cocao - agave drink sounds good. What about dipping cacoa nibs in honey? Is it better to just drink it?

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Permalink Reply by Mica on January 7, 2009 at 2:36pm

Try blending bananas with some water, a scoop of shelled hemp seeds and a good tablespoon of cacao...I use dates or agave to sweeten for a good coffee substitute....it's soooo good!!

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Permalink Reply by Raini on January 7, 2009 at 2:43pm

I totally just made this drink 10 minutes ago, plus cayenne, toco's, maca and raw carob. Best ever i say.

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Permalink Reply by Mica on January 7, 2009 at 2:46pm

what are toco's??

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Permalink Reply by Mica on January 7, 2009 at 2:53pm

lol really??

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Permalink Reply by Raini on January 7, 2009 at 2:54pm

Haha no i meant Tocotrienols

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Permalink Reply by Vaughn Sadekni on January 7, 2009 at 2:31pm

I use cacao and have no desire for coffee at all anymore. I dont have the highs and lows as I did with coffee either. Cacao personally gives me a steady flow of energy. Of course other people do not react to cacao in the same way. Some people may actually experience negative side effects. It is important to acquire good quality cacao.

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Permalink Reply by Michele on January 7, 2009 at 2:36pm

Wow, that's very encouraging. How much cacao do you use and how do you use it? Do you grind the whole bean yourself, or do you buy it powdered?

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