perchance dreamer
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Yes, it was Scharffen Berger 82% that tasted so bad to me.
Dark Chocolate - Not cool
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I signed a campaign promising to boycott Lindt until they start using ethical production methods.
Now I can't remember if it was child slaves picking the beans or their refusal to use sustainable forests for their packaging. I think it might have been the latter, because I wouldn't have forgotten if it had been child slaves.
But I'm still boycotting them. I've boycotted Nestle for donkey's years too - getting harder and harder as they get bigger and bigger and hiding the fact that they now own something.
Cadbury's choccie has gone all horrible and gritty and has a bad taste since it got taken over recenttly.
Now I can't remember if it was child slaves picking the beans or their refusal to use sustainable forests for their packaging. I think it might have been the latter, because I wouldn't have forgotten if it had been child slaves.
But I'm still boycotting them. I've boycotted Nestle for donkey's years too - getting harder and harder as they get bigger and bigger and hiding the fact that they now own something.
Cadbury's choccie has gone all horrible and gritty and has a bad taste since it got taken over recenttly.
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I see... The Cocoa Addicts have taken over. I must retreat now. 
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I am an addict to way too many things to feel superior haha
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I ate about 50mg of dark chocolate (78%) yesterday and it gave me a really bad reaction, an almost immediate increase in heart rate, and low blood pressure. Today I feel like I do after drinking too much alcohol (headache etc).
Does anyone know which ingredient of chocolate triggers these symptoms? I have hyper POTS.
I thought about histamine, but then I do not get the same effects from other foods like cheese etc.
Does anyone know which ingredient of chocolate triggers these symptoms? I have hyper POTS.
I thought about histamine, but then I do not get the same effects from other foods like cheese etc.
Don't know. I realised dark chocolate gives me migraines (as do other foods high in tyramine). I haven't noticed that it makes my OI worse, though (I have NMH).
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Perhaps the theophylline from the cocoa.
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It could be the tyramine. The same night I was eating ricotta and parmesan, both high in tyramine... It also regulates blood pressure.
On the other hand, if I understand that correctly, POTS people have a blunted response to tyramine. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200002243420803 and https://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=adc&doc=4792
The first study is on a single patient and the second on a subset with congenital problems - maybe not generally representative?
I love the stuff, but it's been worsening my migraines.
There are many reasons for this - all valid.
One salient possibility is that cocoa increases nitric oxide in the body.
Nitric oxide is necessary for many functions, but too much can be neurotoxic.
There are many reasons for this - all valid.
One salient possibility is that cocoa increases nitric oxide in the body.
Nitric oxide is necessary for many functions, but too much can be neurotoxic.
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Tada! 100% - Willlie's Pure Gold Cacao! Yuck!
In fairness I think your supposed to cook with it & liven it up with something like chilli rather than have it with a cuppa.
I eat dark choc every day and I flatly refuse to give it up. I recently saw a haematologist because of iron probs and he queried my diet & then asked about chocolate. I told him I ate dark choc every day and he queried how much. I had my stubborn face on & told him a "few" squares all ready for an argument. "Very good!" he says. "Have more!"
Nice chap.
I love dark chocolate. Though, it does give me a funny sluggish nauseous feeling if I eat more than one square. I have never tasted raw cacao paste and the recipe with coconut oil made my mouth watering!
I remember tasting cacao beans and a chicken recipe made with the cacao paste. They were both absolutely delicious. Can you buy cacao beans online? Or in shops?
I remember tasting cacao beans and a chicken recipe made with the cacao paste. They were both absolutely delicious. Can you buy cacao beans online? Or in shops?
As much as I love chocolate I can't eat too much of it. I get a headache as well and it irritates my gut.
One Christmas about 10 years ago a neighbour gave me a basket full of chocolates. It was really lovely of my neighbour to do that and I was so delighted but..."oh, please, no one do that to me again, please" LOL. I did not feel good and was so glad when I got to the end of it.