Posted by MM on June 1, 2007, at 1:30:14
Chocolate is still one of my favorite tools for fighting depression, anxiety, etc. but of course there are a few drawbacks (weight concerns, expense). I have been wondering for a while now if someone could take ground, roasted cocoa beans and put them in a coffee maker and turn out a beverage similar to coffee (has anyone tried it?). Anyway, I put two teaspons of cocoa powder + 1/4 to 1/2 cup almond milk + 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar in a cup (12 oz) with boiling water. It is similar to coffee...bitter (you could just up the sugar and have true hot cocoa) but I actually like it. I could replace a cup of coffee with it for sure. Most of the time the people on this board are way ahead of me on all the nutrition stuff but in case you haven't heard of this, I found it really interesting:
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/02.22/01-cocoa.html
You could also look up "kuna cocoa" and find tons of other links. Sorry if it's a repeat but I know some others on the board are interested in chocolate/cocoa for help with depression. I think I'm going to try to drink at least two cups of this "cocoa" a day and see if it's helpful.
Meg
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