Medically reviewed by Aviv Joshua, MS, RDN Cacao, the raw beans from which chocolate is made, has many health properties because of its plant compounds, known as flavonoids. These compounds can aid in ...

It’s easy to brush off a lot of New Age health practices as a bunch of monkey business—but the alternative health medicine industry will rake in more than $30 billion from the American public in a ...

Cacao beans held great prominence in the daily lives of Mesoamerican Indians. According to the Mayan and Mexica religions, cacao had divine origins as the god Quetzalcoatl discovered cacao. Cacao was ...

Western medicine utilizes evidence-based practices that have been scientifically proven through research and clinical trials ...

DENVER • In the yard of a house in the Uptown neighborhood sits a towering, inflatable mushroom — one with a red cap and white speckles. Walk inside the house and you’ll find posters filled with ...

In a development that could help protect one of the world's most beloved agricultural commodities, a research team at Penn State has successfully created disease-resistant cacao plants using ...

Chocolate products inconsistently use “cacao” versus “cocoa.” They can both be healthy in moderation and even offer antioxidant properties but can be high in calories. If you buy chocolate, you’ve ...