Could Cacao Be The #1 Superfood Of All-Time?
About this episode
This episode explores the health benefits and history of cacao, discussing its status as a superfood and the issues within the chocolate industry.
Welcome to a most informative and inspiring show about the amazing ancient superfood of cacao! This episode will give you everything you need to know about its remarkable health benefits, healing properties, and how to choose the most sustainable, eco-friendly, fair-trade bean-to-bar products. You will learn about the fascinating history of cacao as a sacred food, currency, and medicine, why it remains one of the most highly regarded superfoods on the planet, and how the food industry took this extraordinary raw material, stripped out everything useful, and transformed it into little more than a heavily sugared version of the original. Along the way, I explain the science in plain English—from the powerful polyphenols that support your heart, brain, blood pressure, gut microbiome, metabolism, and mood, to why cacao may be the single most antioxidant-rich food you can eat. I also reveal the disturbing reality behind much of today's commercial chocolate industry, including how mainstream processing destroys many of cacao's most valuable compounds and why ethical sourcing matters. You'll learn the difference between raw cacao powder, cacao nibs, and high-percentage dark…
People in this episode
Host: Brad Kearns
Topics covered
- cacao
- superfood
- health benefits
- sustainable sourcing
- chocolate industry
- antioxidants
Keywords
- cacao
- superfood
- health benefits
- dark chocolate
- sustainable
- antioxidants
- bean-to-bar
- chocolate industry
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: chocolate industry
Products: cacao, dark chocolate, cacao powder, cacao nibs
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