you are going to love these chocolate nut butter cups
If you are craving a little pleasure (pleasure heals remember?) scroll down for a fun sweet treat for you to practice more pleasure in your eating and living!
Also, a little reminder about the health benefits of chocolate. Here are a few of my favorites:
In ancient texts, cacao was described as a sacred superfood, often referred to as food of the gods. The cacao bean and its consumption date back as far as thousands of years, where it was used as a powerful and healing food, including use in ancient ritual and ceremony.
One study showed (performed with dark chocolate with 70 percent or higher cacao content) that cacao had an equivalent or significantly greater oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) value (a scale used to measure the antioxidant potency of food).
Research has found that not only can cacao improve cognitive function and mood, but it is also may help to reduce stress, decrease brain inflammation, and improve memory. While this information is helpful, further research is in progress to learn the cause-and-effect brain-behavior relationship with cacao at higher concentrations.
Cacao was also correlated with promoting the maturation of T-cells, the lymphocytes actively involved in your immune response.
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