Hello everyone!!!!

We are on to something with Chocolate!

I will be searching for an Organic Dark Unprocessed Chocolate for all of my patients...in the meantime take a look at this evidence.....Dr Helen
Norman Hollenberg, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, has spent years studying the effects of routine cocoa drinking on the Kuna people of Panama. The Kuna, who drink up to 40 cups of cocoa a week, have a less than 10 percent risk of stroke, heart failure, cancer and diabetes.

The relative risk of death from heart disease on the Panama mainland is 1,280 percent higher than on the islands.

Hollenberg believes that "epicatechin" should be considered a vitamin, and other nutrition experts believe that epicatechin is so important that it could even warrant a rethinking of how vitamins are defined.

Epicatechin is removed from "commercial" cocoas because it tends to have a bitter taste. We must find a chocolate where it is left in. It is also found in teas, wine, and some fruits and vegetables.

If one looks at most of the founders of roasting and grinding cocoa bean companies (industrial chocolate manufacturers), they all lived to ripe old ages
There is a reasonable, but still anecdotal, correlation between consuming moderate amounts of minimally processed dark cocoa powder or chocolate, that contain low levels of sugar.

Consider these common sense tips:

• Restrict your intake to dark, organic chocolate, which contains the most flavonols and avoids the dangerous processing procedures.
• Consume chocolate in moderation.

Cordially,

Helen Pensanti M.D.

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Helen Pensanti, M.D.'s Bioidentical Hormone Doctor Archived Health Notes

 

HEALTHY LIVING MEDICAL ARCHIVE:

1. Aloe Vera Freeze Dried Capsules and Aloe Vera Liquid Concentrate
2. Anti-Aging Tips
3. Bananas are healthy!
4. Bladder Infection Help - Parsley Tea
5. Cancer Prevention
6. Organic Dark Unprocessed Chocolate
7. Headache Check Lists / Headache Symptoms and Headache Causes
8. Healing properties of garlic and onions
9. Heart Disease and Women - Estrogen does not benefit the heart.
10. High Blood Pressure - Hypertension
11. Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) linked to Hearing Loss
12. Hormone Studies
13. Inflammation Reduction
14. Men and Progesterone
15. Men's Prostate Health
16. Microbes in an overweight body are more efficient at extracting calories from food.
17. Red Clover; Health Benefits of Isoflavones
18. Progesterone and Breast Cancer Study
19. Phyto-Progesterone is now called Diosgenin.
20. Vaginal Dryness - High In Oxalate *Foods to Avoid
21. Vitamin D - emphasizing the importance of supplementing with Vitamin D
22. Vitamin E - may provide women with protection from breast cancer