Texts from the 16th century show the plant was also used by Indigenous people medicinally to treat an array of ailments and cacao was consumed in rituals and ceremonies, mostly to repair ...

Plant sterols including sitosterol and stigmasterol are present in cocoa butter in very small amounts, and appear to have little or no impact on cholesterol absorption.

What do you get when a cacao farmer teams up with an acupuncturist and craniosacral therapist? Based on Beans and Berries, ...

Modern Western medicine couldn't explain or fix her suffering, ... But empires fell and the cacao plant prevailed and is now available at your local gas station (albeit in poor form).

It is less processed than cocoa and therefore retains many of the plant’s original nutrients. When buying cacao, look for powder that is organic and raw, i.e. processed at low temperatures so ...

Cacao has been reported to show varying degrees of improvement on LDL (low density lipoprotein) and total cholesterol. Although research is varied in its findings, consuming cacao may significantly ...