Xocai Chocolate Review
Hopefully, you've read my link on Dark Chocolate,
the Kuna and
Raw, Unprocessed Cocoa. All of these show the
power of cocoa, or cacao in some circles, over high blood pressure, erectile
issues, heart disease and on and on. If you've read up on the issue, you know
that there are two issues with all of this:
1. Almost all standard, processed cocoas in the store (at least in the
U.S.) are highly processed and virtually devoid of flavonoid content.
2. Raw, unprocessed cocoa tastes bad, especially for those who aren't used
to it.
So what's a fella to do? Can't he have his cake and eat it to?
Well, I suggest a couple of inexpensive ways to do just that in my book
on Erections and Diet.
However, there is another very good way that I want to discuss here: Xocai
chocolate. You can check out Xocai Chocolate Bar Options
and see the various chocolate bars and "nuggets" that they have available.
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The big plus for those with sensitive palattes is that Xocai has come up with
very good tasting chocolate that somehow completely masks the strong,
overwhelming flavor of raw cocoa. Their solid chocolates are sold as
nuggets and two types of squares. I have tried all of them, and in my opinion the
taste was excellent.
More important than the taste, my estimate for how much the Xocai chocolate - and
I am talking about two small squares/nuggets per day - lowered my blood pressure
by 5-10 points systolic. This is a very nice drop for eating something
quite delicious.
The only issue that you'll probably with Xocai is the price: you can't
order anything for less than a $120 from what I have seen. For example, if you
order the Nuggets, you get 100 of them and each is 12 grams. A good
blood-pressure-lowering dose would probably be three nuggets per day for most
people and, therefore, a box of 100 will last you about a month.
So, if you've got the money - around 4-5 $/day - and a desire to pull down your blood pressure
using more natural means, it may
be a nice way to avoid the unpleasant raw, cacao flavor. Otherwise, you'll have
to look into some of the less expensive alternatives mentioned above.
CAUTION: Always work with your doc when it comes to high blood pressure.
VEGANS and VEGETARIANS: Some Xocai chocolate is vegan and some
contains some dairy and, therefore, is vegetarian.
One of the Xocai representatives pointed out that that Valrhona was priced at
about $6.99 a bar and Mast Brothers at $8.99 per bar and then stated that while
"both of these products are very good, I consider both of these products
candy, not a functional food, like our chocolate. Neither of these products list
the amount of antioxidants. I wonder why....If they did, it would validate the
nutritional value of their products, just like it does for our products."
He does have good points there, so it really comes down to cost. Xocai is
kind of the "Nebraska Steaks" or "Vital Choice" of the chocolate world. In fact,
if you live in warm country like I do, Xocai will actually mail it in dry ice
packed in stirofoam using two-day air, very similar to these other big shippers
of food products. It may well be worth it to help improve the ol' love life and
cardiovascular system, oui oui?