Orlando, FL (PRWEB) May 6, 2010
A special formulation of “super chocolate” has been fast increasing popularity among international models and athletes as a weight loss aid.
Formulated by Benjamin Ravaru, an entrepreneur turned wellness advocate, this “super chocolate” is dubbed Xocoslim and can reportedly help one safely lose up to 40 pounds in less than three months.
Defying modern views of chocolate, Ravaru clarifies that “in the ancient Aztec times, chocolate was revered and respected as a food of the gods. The reason it’s gained its reputation as a junkfood today is because it’s mixed with disease-provoking white sugar and homogenized, pasteurized milk.”
After many years of being overweight and desperately trying to lose the extra pounds through traditional means–going to the gym, patronizing carb blockers and pharmaceutical fat burners–Ravaru turned to more holistic ways of weight loss. For nearly a year, Ravaru studied Chinese, Indian, and Tibetan medicine texts and began experimenting with a super-food so rich in nutrients, that it was once used as a currency in ancient times: raw cacao.
Chocolate, or more precisely the cacao bean and cocoa powder, is a complete source of nutrition and the number one source of magnesium. According to nutritionists, a person can theoretically survive on cacao alone. Cacao has the highest oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) anti-oxidant rating–26,000 units; the USDA recommends that a person consumes foods with merely 3,000 units a day. That’s five times higher than that of goji berries or acai berries, which have been in the anti-oxidant limelight for the past few years now.
Cacao, though, is much more affordable and easier to find at your local health food store. Combined with certain healthy ingredients, it can be made into a dish that not only tastes delicious, but will help reduce body fat. Ravaru, who was once a hefty 230 lbs at 5’11″ and is now a lean 154 lbs, attests to its efficacy. “You’ll not only melt off the pounds, but optimize your hormones, increase your energy, and your sex drive.”
A simple blend of raw cacao powder and healthy sweeteners such as honey, xylitol, or yacon syrup may be used to prepare a simple dish.
“Instead of using sugar, you can try yacon syrup,” Ravaru explains. “Yacon is a complex sugar, so much so it’s considered a dietary sugar and it has medicinal properties.”
To get a rich, creamy texture, Ravaru suggests adding virgin coconut oil. Virgin coconut oil is a healthy fat that provides multiple weight management benefits, fights parasites, candida, stress and fatigue and improves digestion. It’s one kind of fat that’s actually good for the body.
Ravaru shares more details on this information and more with a free video presentation on the Xocoslim website. For more details, recipes, and fat-melting tips, please visit http://www.xocoslim.com
Media Contact:
Benjamin Ravaru
407 965 2915
ravaru(at)sacrededen.com
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And a glimpse of some raw chocolate chunk cookies I am making in the dehydrator! I will let you all know how they turn out and share the recipe if they are any good!
Low Carb Desserts
Luscious desserts and low-carb diets typically do not mix. Sugar is, of course, a carbohydrate. How can you have something “sweet” without using sugar?
Those of us who cook know that using artificial sweeteners changes the recipe, drastically. Things like saccharin have less “bulk” than straight sugar. So, trying to bake a sugar-free cake can be very difficult.
But, even sugar free cakes are not low carb desserts. Flour is also a carbohydrate. Eggs, milk and cheese are allowed on your low-carb diet. But, sugar and flour are not. So, what should you do?
How about cheesecake?
Typically, is made with heavy cream, cream cheese, eggs and additional egg yolks to add richness and a smooth consistency. Lemons, strawberries or chocolate shavings may be added for flavor. None of those ingredients are carbs, but of course, most recipes call for sugar and lots of it.
Once you add the carbs from the graham cracker crust, you have about 25 grams of carbohydrates in a 3.5 ounce serving. That’s a pretty small slice. But, cheesecakes can be , if they are properly prepared, without the sugar and “sans” crust.
It’s difficult (next to impossible, really) to make this kind of cheesecake at home, because, as I mentioned, sugar substitutes change the recipe. If you do get it to set, you also get an unpleasant aftertaste. It’s hardly worth the effort.
But, you can still serve delicious low carb desserts at home, with very little effort on your part. You can simply order it on-line.
Our own line options for serving a gourmet meal are simply amazing, to me anyway. We can stick to our diets, eat healthy, cater a dinner party or have a private affair for two, right in the luxury of our own homes.
When you consider the time it takes to cook a meal, the shopping, the cost of ingredients and the likelihood that the recipe will “flop”, I think catered meals are a cost-effective option. I don’t know about you, but my time is money.
My health is very important to me, but temptations are not always easy to resist. So, I try to be sure that I always have “healthy temptations”.
If you work full time and commute to your office, by the time you get in your daily work-out and get ready for dinner, you might be tempted to settle for fast-food or whatever’s in the fridge. That’s what happens to a lot of people, so they end up with an unsuccessful and unhealthy diet.
makes healthy delicious low carb desserts, suitable for a dinner party or an everyday treat. The taste is delicious and you can store them in the freezer, so that you’re prepared for those unexpected guests. What could be simpler?
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