Re: cocoa butter and cholesterol

[Guest guest]

Hi :

Simple solution. Order some of Warren's defatted cocoa powder. I

have been meaning to do so myself!

warren.taylor@... should find him.

Rodney.

> >

> > Just like I used the Hegsted equation to come up with a recipe for

> > non-cholesteremic chocolate clusters (equal weights of dark

> chocolate

> > and sunflower seeds) in Message 17388, some refereed publications

> have

> > used the Hegsted equation and other predictive equations to

analyze

> > complete diets.

>

> In my recent fascination with the flavanol content and possible

> bennies of cocoa (not to mention how much I really enjoy chocolate

> and would like any excuse to eat about an ounce/day), I have been

> doing much reading on chocolate, and it seems to me some recent

> studies have found it to have neutral effects on cholesterol all

> by itself (no sunflower seeds necessary).

>

> I did searches for cocoa and chocolate in the archives and there

> is not much, so I don't feel too bad starting up this self-serving

> thread.

>

> Not having access to the scientific publications, I would very

> much like to see what the experts on this list can dredge up and

> what the majority of the papers have to say.

>

> Here is an article, granted from an industry website, which

> references some of the positive (actually neutral) studies:

>

> http://www.chocolateinfo.com/sr/sr_article_11.jsp

>

>

> Thanks,

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[Guest guest]

you can also buy cocoa (unsweetened) for baking in many forms in stores - as

a powder or as squares. Especially since Warren's products are sold in bulk

only and thus are expensive and need storage space.

on 2/3/2005 11:01 AM, Rodney at perspect1111@... wrote:

> Hi :

>

> Simple solution. Order some of Warren's defatted cocoa powder. I

> have been meaning to do so myself!

>

> warren.taylor@... should find him.

>

> Rodney.

[Guest guest]

> you can also buy cocoa (unsweetened) for baking in many forms in

stores - as

> a powder or as squares.

Yes, I do this too. And the chocolate I consume

is on the high end with respect to cocoa percentage.

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