Cacao Beans Revealed! I have great news! Chocolate is good for you! Okay, I need to be more specific. All chocolate is made from the nuts (also called beans) of the cacao plant, and these nuts are an incredible source of valuable nutrients and health generating properties. When eaten in their natural form, raw cacao offers enormous benefits, as you will see below. The only way cacao may not be good for you is if you have been tested to be allergic, if you eat non-organic mono-cropped varieties, or if you eat too much. Everything in moderation.[private] When I discovered cacao many years … [Read more...]

The following benefits of chlorella vulgaris are those that have been backed up by scientific studies and research. In the world of nutrition there is an abundance of health and nutrition claims that may or may not be true. It was my intention to weed through the various studies and pull out the benefits of chlorella vulgaris that seemed the most verified. A Brief History of Chlorella[private] Chlorella is a single celled algae that grows in fresh water ponds and lakes. Its color is a brilliant deep green, due to its high amount of chlorophyll. Fossil evidence has shown this ancient … [Read more...]

The benefits of maca root have been clearly demonstrated by numerous scientific studies. Some claims on maca are not backed up by thorough research though, so what I present here is those studies which show credible and un-biased data. History of Maca For over 2,000 years maca root has been cultivated in the high mountains of the Andes (1). This amazing superfood was, and still is, a staple nutritional and medicinal source for villagers who live in the Andean regions (2).[private] For a time the knowledge of the benefits of maca were spreading throughout Europe after the Spaniards had … [Read more...]

The health benefits of spirulina powder have been of tremendous fascination to me because they apply to both humans and the Earth. Spirulina is a true superfood as it is both a food and a medicine. I consider the rediscovery and distribution of spirulina as such a boon in our modern times. This amazing superfood, through its many nutritional and health generating properties, is restoring balance to the inner landscape of the human body/mind as well as the outer landscape of the Earth. It is truly a sustainable and praise worthy food. Let's first take a look at its structure and … [Read more...]