Any Cacao drinkers here? ?

[fridjonk]

15 minutes ago, flume said:

It makes me so happy when people embody their countries stereotype so well 

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[Grateful Dead]

On 9.11.2020 at 8:56 PM, dflores321 said:

but I dont want to get stuck in an addiction like caffeine.

Is there really caffeine in cacao? It doenst say anything about it on mine

[fridjonk]

52 minutes ago, acidgoofy said:

Is there really caffeine in cacao? It doenst say anything about it on mine

There is some tiny amount, similar to green tea. I find the theobromine to nullify the caffeine similar to how l-tyrosine makes caffeine jitters go away. 

It's nowhere close to the amount found in coffee. 

[Grateful Dead]

@fridjonk@dflores321thanks for the info! You must be right with the nullifying effect because the last 3 days I drank cacao before going to bed and I had no problem sleeping despite having zero caffeine tolerance.

Love this thread btw it made me come back to drinking hot cacao somehow I had this assumption that its unhealty

[GooseWashigton]

I can't live without cacao:) So tasty for me!

[WonderSeeker]

@fridjonk Ever try cacao nibs? They make an amazing topping for smoothie bowls! 

[fridjonk]

3 hours ago, WonderSeeker said:

@fridjonk Ever try cacao nibs? They make an amazing topping for smoothie bowls! 

Nope, never seen them in the stores I go to. 

Will make sure to test them if I manage to find some. 

I'm actually not that into chocolate believe it or not. I just really enjoy it in the form of a hot liquid.   

[Enlightenment]

I drink about 10g of dark cacao 90% of the days since I was ~7yo. 10g of dark cacao + 350ml of milk + 7 aspartame tablets = 10/10

[PurpleTree]

^wtf aspartame is crap, take some honey

[Michael569]

3 hours ago, Enlightenment said:

7 aspartame tablets

sometimes I think you are just taking piss and observing how everybody else reacts 

[Username]

I just tried it!! 4 spoons of non alkalized cocoa, a pinch of chili powder, few drops of liquid stevia and boiling water. It was awful .

[Enlightenment]

1 hour ago, PurpleTree said:

^wtf aspartame is crap, take some honey

 

29 minutes ago, Michael569 said:

sometimes I think you are just taking piss and observing how everybody else reacts 

Aspartame in doses I use it which is 10 - 20 tablets a day is completely safe. It's not harmful neither has any benefits, just neutral. But it brings a pleasure of eating a few points for me (I have cravings for sweet taste not for fat foods usually), it helps me to stay fit cause no calories, unlike honey. Studies showing aspartame giving cancer to rats were using insane doses. Honey also destroys teeth

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I also use some sodium cyclamate and sodium saccharin but way less because they don't taste as good as aspartame

[Michael569]

14 hours ago, Enlightenment said:

it helps me to stay fit cause no calories, unlike honey.

While it is none of my concern you should be aware that damage of toxic chemicals goes way way beyond just caloric limit. Sweeteners have been found to cause significant metabolic disruptions on the level of glucose metabolism and on the level of microbiome health. Just something to think about as physical appearance is just the cherry on the icing where the cake is the rest of the body's biochemistry. 

[Username]

@Michael569 What is your opinion on stevia extract?

[Eren Eeager]

@Michael569 and sugar alcohols? I think they are safe, Dr berg promote them as an alternative to sugar. I didn't look into it but I trust his judgment. 

P. S : He warned against other types of sweeteners. 

Edited December 3, 2020 by Eren Eeager

[Michael569]

1 hour ago, Username said:

What is your opinion on stevia extract?

I don't know too much about it at the moment but it seems to be more gentle but then we hardly know 1% of what all these things do. If it is pure herbal extract it will definitely better than something that was manufactured in a lab such as aspartame possibly made from petroleum.

But then using stevia does not solve the bigger question which is "why do we feel the need to constantly sweeten stuff"?

@Eren Eeagerin what form? 

[Eren Eeager]

He prefers sorbitol as I remember 

[Username]

@Michael569  Thank you. I think this is a psychological thing. I like to eat some sweet cake from time to time, just to have different flavors.

@Eren Eeager  I like his videos but you should take into account that he is targeting obese people. This is why he claims the lower glycemic index the better. However there might be also other factors. Same for coconut flour - it's low in catbs but I still feel bad if I eat too much of it. I would avoid empty but bulky foods.

[fridjonk]