Welcome to the Dr. Burg's Healthy Keto and Interminate Fasting Podcast.

Where Dr. Burg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing

healthy weight.

Let's talk about the health benefits of cacao and dark chocolate.

Now cacao is the raw bean that's then fermented and processed into chocolate.

But there are some serious health benefits to both of these items.

In fact, 6 billion pounds is consumed on a yearly basis.

It is loaded with some serious phytonutrients, polyphenols, and flavonols, which is more

in quantity than blueberries or osseae berries.

Now there's a tiny bit of caffeine involved, but you have a good amount of theobrol

mine, which is a stimulant.

So of course, if you're going to consume this later in the day or before bed, that may

keep you up.

Now I consume a little bit of chocolate on a regular basis, not too much, but I always

consume no sugar type chocolate.

I always make sure that it's organic because they do spray different chemicals, including

using glyphosate.

I primarily use these two brands right here.

There's other ones that you can get as well, but they're usually flavored with arithrotol

and monk fruit or stevia.

So there's quite a variety that you can choose from.

All right, let's look at the benefits of cacao and dark chocolate.

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