Why is Cocoa Illegal? (Repost)

[Guest guest]

Courtesy of Ferna, we have the following information, which she

originally posted on 9 March 2009:

From Elaine's Website, " Elaine writes with great

finality:

We did a whole week on chocolate a while back and it is somewhere in my

files but someone else can report on it or look it up on a search engine.

I am sick and tired of chocolate - it is not permitted and until I get an

accurate analysis of every ingredient in the chocolate, per se, I am too

busy right now to give this illegal commodity any more

time. "

I can see why Elaine was a tad exasperated, considering there are about

300 chemicals in ONE cocoa bean, that she would have to find the time to

analyze.

According to " Chemicals in Cocoa Beans " at

http://coffee-chocolate.tripod.com/chemicals.htm:

Chemical Breakdown of a Cocoa Bean

Fat: 40 - 50%

Albuminous Matter (Protein): .06 - 18%

Starch: 1.3 - 7.5%

Ash: 2.0 - 4.0%

Theobromine: .88 - 2.34%

Caffeine: .05 - 0.36%

Various Trace Materials: 17.8% - 49.77%

Although chocolate, especially dark chocolate, is currently being touted

as good for the general public, starch is a SCD illegal and

" Theobromine (among other effects) can cause sleeplessness,

tremors, restlessness, anxiety, as well as contribute to increased

production of urine. Additional side effects include loss of

appetite, nausea, and vomiting " (according to the site referenced

above).

There are probably other reasons why chocolate, even in it's most native

form, is not SCD legal . . . but, this is all I had time to check

out.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

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