{"id":118465,"date":"2019-02-26T12:33:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T12:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bemore.ee\/2019\/02\/26\/raw-cacao\/"},"modified":"2019-02-26T12:33:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T12:33:10","slug":"raw-cacao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bemore.ee\/en\/raw-cacao\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw cacao"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raw cacao originates from the cocoa tree\u00a0(Theobroma cacao)<\/em>\u00a0bean.\u00a0Raw\u00a0cocoa is actually very different from the common cocoa powder what is powder chemically processed and roasted, which destroys a large amount of the antioxidants and nutrients.<\/strong> A recent study showed that between 60% and 90% of the original antioxidants in cacao are lost through the processing what was originally developed to reduce the bitterness, darken the colour, and create a softer flavor to the chocolate. Generally, raw cacao products what are made from fermented, dried, unroasted cacao beans are less processed and that\u2019s is why they are much healthier.<\/p>\n

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Health benefits<\/h3>\n

Cacao is an excellent source of fiber because it comes from a seed. It also contains some protein. It\u2019s the highest plant-based source of iron. <\/strong>The iron in cacao is non-heme, so to get the maximum benefits you should eat it with vitamin C rich foods. Raw cacao is also one of the highest plant-based sources of important mineral – magnesium. The lack of it can cause diabetes and heart problems. Magnesium also helps to keep healthy blood pressure, strong bones, lower risk of cardiovascular disease and healthy nervous system activity.<\/strong> It\u2019s also a perfect source of calcium \u2013 it has more calcium than in cow\u2019s milk. Cacao is a great source of serotonin, tryptophan,\u00a0tyrosine\u00a0and\u00a0phenylethylamine. These chemicals are associated with happiness and stress and depression relief<\/strong>. It contains heaps of antioxidants as well.<\/p>\n

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Where to use<\/h3>\n

So as it came out from the article it\u2019s good choice to swap cocoa powder out for more healthy cacao. But where to use it?<\/p>\n

\u2022 Add few tablespoons to your baked goods (like brownies), smoothies and you will get intense chocolate flavor.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Make coffee drinks or hot cacao. When it\u2019s summer weather is warm outside \u2013 make a cold version with ice.<\/p>\n

\u2022 You can do interesting healthy desserts like chocolate hummus, energy balls, ice-cream from frozen bananas, chia seed pudding, homemade chocolate or truffles.<\/p>\n

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References:<\/h3>\n

https:\/\/nuts.com\/healthy-eating\/cacao-vs-cocoa<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/begoodorganics.com\/cacao-5-little-known-benefits-of-this-amazonian-superfood\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Raw cacao originates from the cocoa tree\u00a0(Theobroma cacao)\u00a0bean.\u00a0Raw\u00a0cocoa is actually very different from the common cocoa powder what is powder chemically processed and roasted, which…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[462],"tags":[366,367,472,475,478,479],"class_list":["post-118465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-superfoods","tag-superfood","tag-befit","tag-raw","tag-powder","tag-chocolate","tag-cocoa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bemore.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bemore.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bemore.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bemore.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bemore.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bemore.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bemore.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bemore.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bemore.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bemore.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}