magnesium and raw chocolate

cacao pod

In the last few days, I have wanted to make a concerted effort to lighten up my diet after a period of excessive travel and time in cities, which I tend to react to by eating heavier and even numbing foods. I have wanted to eat primarily fruit and blended foods for a while so what to do about chocolate?  I have been happy over the last few years that i can be sure I am getting enough magnesium, a crucial and very often deficient mineral, especially for women, because I eat raw cacao.  Then I thought through the inverse of this that I have been relying on raw chocolate for my magnesium and I wondered if chocolate cravings would go if I supplemented with magnesium directly.   I suspect a lot of women crave chocolate for its magnesium content amongst other things. 

Fortunately we have a great magnesium supplement in the form of 'magnesium oil'  Magnesium “oil” is is not actually an oil but  a highly saturated solution of magnesium chloride in water along with other trace elements. It has an oil like texture and is easily absorbed into the skin.  It can either be sprayed onto the skin or sprayed into water and drunk to supplement with it.  Anyway it has worked in the way I intended and while I have enjoyed the occasional chocolate smoothie I feel much more satisfied nutritionally without reliance on one particular food.  Raw cacao is  a great food in my opinion especially if mixed with other herbs and medicinal foods but it's wise to avoid overeating as with any food. It's worth checking out what magnesium is good for and how many conditions  are related to magnesium deficiency  You may be as surprised as I have been.  And by the way thanks to Jasmine Barratt for reminding me how crucial magnesium is and also how widespread deficiency is.

xocolatl dream

This is our new flavour of jun. Made with two of my favourite herbal teas tulsi (holy basil) and passionflower and the inspiration to add raw cacao powder to it.  With the spices of rooibosch chai also it turned into this amazing flavoured drink that you could not guess the taste of from the ingredients.  The cacao creates extra fizz, compared by some to the taste of coca cola, it's now my favourite flavour. The name is inspired by Aztec culture.  When the Spanish first encountered the Aztecs, who were immersed in some kind of frenzied chocolate culture, it is said that they felt like they were entering some kind of dream.  The Aztecs are remembered particularly for their appreciation of beauty combined with a warrior spirit.  they saw reality as oneric...coming through a dream.

http://www.foodforconsciousness.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=51&products_id=278

http://gaiaspora.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Nav-Briefing-116-The-Omen-of-War-15-March-2014.mp3

interview with healthy112 year old Bernando Lapallo

"The other day i had a wonderful opportunity to speak to someone who was born in 1901! Now with most people if they got to this age and you and they had a chat you would be lucky if you could speak to them coherently or even if they could hear any of the words you spoke but Mr Lapallo is very much alive and very able to communicate clearly and understand pretty much everything in the course of a conversation." Kenny Bountiful Sun Bernando cites five foods including honey, olive oil, moderate amounts chocolate.garlic and cinnamon. Although he eats mainly raw foods he does include cooked fish.

chocolate pudding recipe

This is a recipe I used for many years to give myself and my family a nourishing breakfast.  It covers many nutritional bases and is nourishing and sustaining for growing young people and people who are very  active especially. It used to keep us going for most of the day.

This recipe covers a large range of nutritional needs - fats and proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins, fruit compounds and many other subtle nutrients - in an easily usable form for the body and sets us up for the day. The prototype was designed by Tony Wright as optimal brain nutrition.  It is  very nourishing and satisfying for growing children.  Use it as a dessert mousse or chocolate sauce or freeze it as delicious totally healthy ice-cream.

serves 3

Basic ingredients:

150g  hemp seeds soaked overnight in water
200 – 300ml liquid -this can be all water or freshly squeezed orange juice, dried fruit soak water,  or a mixture of these.  1 orange gives about 50ml juice.
a little orange zest/peel
3 dried figs, soaked overnight in water
3 dried apricots, soaked overnight in water
50g sunflower seeds, soaked overnight in water
50g pumpkin seeds, soaked overnight in water
50g sesame seeds, soaked overnight in water
3 bananas
few chunks fresh coconut or ½ tsp coconut butter
a few grains Himalayan or sea salt
superfoods to taste: cacao nibs or powder, maca, gojis, carob powder, mesquite, rosehip powder, vanilla pod or powder, if you can get hold of it, hemp leaf blends in beautifully taste-wise and makes the recipe even more complete.

Optional extras and/or substitutions:

blueberries, blackberries,  bilberries, strawberries, pear, kaki/sharon fruit
lime juice and zest
prunes instead of apricots
walnuts, hazelnuts or brazils instead of some of the seeds
use purple corn soak water to make the hemp milk
for an extra lift: he shou wu, hemp leaf powder, purple corn powder, suma, AFA blue-green algae

To make hemp milk, drain the hemp seeds and blend with the liquid until the hemp seeds are broken down and the liquid looks milky.  Strain and squeeze through muslin or similar cloth  to make hemp milk. A muslin bag is easiest.

Drain the soaked ingredients and blend all the  ingredients together until smooth.  If using a very powerful blender it may not be necessary to pre-soak the dried fruit – this then gives a thicker result.

Particularly delicious topped with fruit such as cherries, raspberries, mango and/or some kefir or yoghurt or even ground hazelnuts.