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Beat The Cold Weather Blues With Chocolate

The weather has begun to turn after the beauty of a true Indian summer finally draws to a close. So what does the cooler weather offer to our state of wellbeing? The negative is often too much introspection and stagnation resulting in the winter blues. This often leads to emotional/comfort eating, often lots of heavy foods eg dairy, meats and grains. The result of such blood thickening food is lots of hours in the gym come spring to shift the kilos and the mood! A more positive approach can involve a number of things (one of which is chocolate well get to that shortly). It’s vital to embrace the opportunity for introspection but important to maintain a balance. Yoga and vigorous exercise are a must to keep endorphins pumping and of course Bush and Bach Flower essences are the best ever for helping us to work through transformation and change. The absolute winter must this year, is to massively increase your consumption of chocolate!  

What Sort Of Chocolate? Definitely not your average dried, pressed, roasted, rolled, chemical enhanced fattening, sugar bomb supermarket  crap “chocolate” (can you even call that substance chocolate?) Rather real raw organic unrefined cacao, possibly the greatest weight loss/beauty food on the planet! Cacao comes in many forms these include: ·        

 Cacao Powder (Dried powder similar to coco but a raw product still containing all the goodness)·        

Cacao Nibs (The raw flesh of a cacao bean great in smoothies)·        

Cacao Beans (Whole Bean great as a snack) ·       

Cacao Butter (The result of pressing Cacao) 

Why Chocolate For The Blues? Two reasons firstly, Phenylethylamine (PEA) is found in chocolate. PEA is an adrenal-related chemical that is also created within the brain and released when we are in love. Researchers have discovered that phenylethylamine (PEA) has a positive effect in enhancing feelings of love. And Chocolate has been proven to be an excellent source of PEA. Secondly, Anandamide (The Bliss Chemical) - A neurotransmitter called anandamide, has been isolated in cacao. Anandamide is also produced naturally in the brain. Anandamide is known as "The Bliss Chemical" because it is released while we are feeling great. Cacao contains enzyme inhibitors that decrease our bodies' ability to breakdown anandamide. This means that natural anandamide and/or cacao anandamide may stick around longer, making us feel good longer, when we eat cacao. But remember the

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