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Ohhh have_mersey, I am glad to hear your confirmation on this! yay ! I cannot believe a food could make me feel so great. and I agree.. coffee does make you jittery .. i forgot about that. ( i recently gave up coffee and was so addicted for so long my body was used to the caffeine & i haven’t experienced the jitters in a long long time ).. nor do i plan to go back to coffee anymore either!
i can purchase both goji berries & raw cacao from my local health store but I ordered this particular shipment from amazon.com (they were cheaper than my health store + free shipping!)
artzyfartzy >> Thanks for sharing the info concerning Amazon.com. The prices are way lower than what I’ve been paying.
cacao give me a CRAZY HIGH! i feel like i can DO ANYTHING! i want to RUN! no, wait, i want to CLEAN! no, that’s too tedious, i want to DANCE!
then a few hours later, i feel a little strung out. i don’t get this exact reaction from coffee, but sometimes i’m not so sure the cacao is the best thing for me. but i do love the test, and what can i say, i enjoy the high as well…
mandelicious: I was afraid i’d get that same low too. but i didnt. I actually even slept better than usual?! I guess its different for each person?
achin70: bliss! that’s exactly the word for how i felt yesterday :) thanks for the link too.
Sweetpea; i also noticed I felt more creative too. After the goji + cacao I was suddenly inspired to fire up the sewing machine and make myself some headbands. :)
It’s so funny that you posted this, because last night I was having a huge choco-craving. I’ve been feeling really blah this past week, totally unmotivated, yuck! I found the recipe for Devil’s Food Superballs (http://goneraw.com/recipes/3703-Devil-s-Food-Su…) on this site and thought I’d give them a try. Yum! I started feeling a little better, but it was getting late and so I went to bed – no problem dropping off to sleep, but I’ve always been an easy sleeper. Well, this morning I woke up in the best mood! I’ve gotten so much done today! I’ve been productive and creative and really feeling awesome and I think it’s got to be the superfoods! Because I’d really been feeling like crumbs lately and today I feel like a million bucks! Has anyone else noticed a delayed reaction to cacao/goji/superfoods? Or maybe it’s all in my head! Regardless, I might have to have those Superballs every day!
i definitely can’t sleep when i have alot of cacao (just a little is OK.)
mandelicious: just curious..does coffee do this to you as well? I know that coffee used to keep me up (especially if i drink it after noon ) ~~ but so far so good with the cacao. :)
LibbyB: I also felt good this morning. I suffer from mild to moderate depression and S.A.D … well I read today that cacao has some definate proven mood lifting benefits. I am thrilled because I refuse to take the depression meds my doctor prescribes to me.
Luna blu: LOL! I had a more cacao / goji this afternoon :) My new secret on handling the stress of a whiney toddler ;)
I bought chocolate covered cocoa gojis and they were disgustinggg
I was very skeptic of superfoods in general & figured it was all hype.. i am now sold on them now & can’t wait to try other things. My husband who works 3rd shift often doesn’t sleep for 24 hours straight.. and when I fed him some cacao nibs + goji berries & almonds.. he told me he did not feel as tired as he usually does that day.
Have_mersey: I also CRAVE kale! I think its the depression / SAD disorder I have.. cacao & kale really seem to help me alot. I never could of imagined something as simple as raw chocolate would do this. AND no rapid heartbeat, sleeplessness, anxiety, weight gain etc., (all symptoms of anti-depression medication I’ve experienced)...
And I can totally relate with not knowing how to be happy even when things in life are ‘ok’ ..I’ve been praying alot and eating raw foods have finally given me peace. I just wish I would of figured all this out 10 years ago.. I now want to tell everybody I meet about my raw experience :)
lzhpt: thank you so much for the encouragement. I can’t wait to try your recipe!
Kminty3: yum, i’m going to try your idea.. sounds delish!
JoyceH: when you add the cacao to your green smoothie ( i eat a green smoothie every a.m.) .. can you taste the cacao? are your green smoothies on the sweeter side? I make all sorts of green smoothies so I guess i’ll have to experiment a bit..