Naked Chocolate: The Astonishing Truth About the World's Greatest Food PDF
Preview Naked Chocolate: The Astonishing Truth About the World's Greatest Food
Copyright © 2005 by David Wolfe and Sharon Holdstock. All rights reserved. No portion of this book, except for brief review, may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the written permission of the publisher. For information contact North Atlantic Books. Published by North Atlantic Books P.O. Box 12327 Berkeley, California 94712 eISBN: 978-1-58394-530-8 Cover art by Amy Gayheart Naked Chocolate is sponsored by the Society for the Study of Native Arts and Sciences, a nonprofit educational corporation whose goals are to develop an educational and cross-cultural perspective linking various scientific, social, and artistic fields; to nurture a holistic view of arts, sciences, humanities, and healing; and to publish and distribute literature on the relationship of mind, body, and nature. North Atlantic Books’ publications are available through most bookstores. For further information, visit www.northatlanticbooks.com or call 800-733-3000. v3.1 A Note to the Reader Each lesson in this book contains facts, concepts, and ideas which build upon the chapter before it. Therefore, on the first time through, we urge the reader to avoid skipping the earlier chapters. The reading will surely prove most fruitful if you begin at the Table of Contents and read straight through. Naked Chocolate is written in British English, not American English. Both authors prefer the British spellings. Many of the products mentioned in this book are available from Longevity Warehouse in the USA and Canada (www.longevitywarehouse.com) and Rawcreation Ltd in the UK (www.detoxyourworld.com). Longevity Warehouse and Rawcreation Ltd are committed to providing the most incredible and unique health and beauty products available in the world today. All products are diligently researched and tested before they are chosen for distribution. A Note on References Due to the haphazard chaos magic research process that created this book, some references to studies and facts were lost. If you find information in this book that is unreferenced or unsubstantiated with a reference, we recommend that you do the book and Internet research to corroborate the information. If you find a reference that we neglected to credit, please e-mail it to us via Facebook at www.facebook.com/doxtor or www.facebook.com/DavidAvocadoWolfe so that we may include it in future editions of this book. A Mayan ball player giving a cacao fruit to a deity Acknowledgments from David Amy Gayheart — Thank you for the flyers, labels, smiles, great times and high vibes! A huge thank you from us both for your stunning cover design. Anita Arze — For all the chocolate-loving good times! Camille “Super Goji Girl” Perrin Giglio — You are a chocolate superhero. The Coconut Brothers — Ethan and Eli Schotz for bringing into our awareness the true meaning and importance of raw cacao beans. Sky Dancer — For all the best times ever and for supplying us with raw chocolate from Palenque during our European Tour in the summer of 2003. Acknowledgments from Shazzie Matt — Bless you for helping me maintain focus when creating this book, while I was also growing our Evie and sometimes feeling quite sick of chocolate, along with everything else! Toby Darling — Your testing tastebuds were most welcomed. Peppermint Pattie — For helping me create some of the recipes when I couldn’t tell you why because this book was still a secret then! The Coconut Brothers — Ethan and Eli — you are the cutest chocolate givers in the whole world! Now look what you started! Mum and Jennie (at www.detoxyourworld.com) — Thank you for being part of my love-empire — I’m so glad you’re growing with me! And thank you for being my family, along with my lovely Dad! Table of Contents Cover Title Page Copyright A Note to the Reader A Note on References Acknowledgments from David Acknowledgments from Shazzie Introduction David Shazzie Cacao’s Properties Part I: Cacao Legends of Cacao Theobroma Cacao A Brief History of Chocolate Money Does Grow on Trees Part II: Scientific Properties of Chocolate Chemical Composition of Cacao Magnesium Antioxidants Methylxanthines: Theobromine and Caffeine Phenylethylamine Anandamide (the Bliss Chemical) Neurotransmitter Modulating Agents Tryptophan Part III: Exotic Properties of Chocolate Aphrodisia Nobility Nature’s Prozac (Anti-Depressant Properties of Cacao) Tryptamines, Phenylalanines, Lactones and Cannabinoids Chocolate As Medicine
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