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| It doesn’t get much better than sinking your teeth into a rich piece of chocolate. Unfortunately, many chocolate products are loaded with extra sugar and fat—steering us away from our favorite treats. What if there was a type of chocolate that satisfies your cravings and benefits your health? Julie Butterfield of Toddville, Iowa might just have the solution you are looking for. Julie is a member of the Xoçai Healthy Chocolate family, which is a family owned business that has been offering a new and healthy twist on chocolate for five years. For almost two years, Julie has spread the word about Xoçai Healthy Chocolate as a tasty product packed with significant amounts of nutrients and antioxidants. Using cold-pressed cocoa and freeze-dried açai berries, she explains that Xoçai Healthy Chocolate filters out the refined sugars, unhealthy fats, and preservatives that are common in most other chocolates. It is its own specialized formula. According to Julie, the biggest difference between Xoçai Healthy Chocolate and most other types of chocolate is in the processing. Raw cocoa is filled with nutrients, but many of those natural elements are lost when it is processed with heat. Cold-pressing allows the chocolate to maintain the nutrients found in raw cocoa. Julie likens the process to cooking vegetables. If you eat a raw vegetable, you get many more nutrients than you would if it was cooked. It’s the same with cocoa, she says. You absorb countless more nutrients when the cocoa is cold-pressed than if it was heated during the processing phase. Xoçai Healthy Chocolate may contain nutrients like vegetables do, but the taste is simply not comparable, Julie says. She describes the taste as being like a “high-end decadent dark chocolate,” but it’s not to be confused with candy. “It’s a health food with a candy taste,” Julie states. As found on the Xoçai Healthy Chocolate Web site, it comes in a variety of forms. These include Omega or Power Chocolate Squares, nuggets, Protein Bar, Powerhouse Cookies, and the latest product, the Xoçai Energy Drink. Just released in December, this drink is caffeine-free and is flavored with the nutrients, antioxidants, and tastes of 12 fruits. Regardless of the type of product, they are all packed with nutrients and antioxidants, Julie says. Those extra nutrients and antioxidants have not gone unnoticed by consumers. Although consumers’ statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and these products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, many consumers report health benefits from eating the recommended three pieces a day, Julie says. According to the USDA Web site, the average person should consume between 3,000 and 5,000 ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) daily. The average American only takes in about 300 to 500 ORAC a day. With many disease-fighting antioxidants, consuming Xoçai Healthy Chocolate combats the thousands of free radicals attacking our bodies, Julie reports. “We are exposed to toxins in the food and preservatives we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe. We are getting hit in every direction by free radicals that attack our cells and cause various diseases.” In addition to the extra protection from antioxidants, Xoçai Healthy Chocolate is also high in fiber, diabetic-friendly, and caffeine-free. These unique qualities have led thousands of consumers to report numerous health benefits from regular consumption. According to Julie, consumers experience: better sleep; more natural energy; improved cardiovascular health; a healthy response to inflammation; and an increased sense of well-being. While the chocolate doesn’t treat disease, Julie believes the extra antioxidants may help make ailments more manageable. Janice Jandick is one of the many consumers who is experiencing some of these positive effects. Janice contacted Julie almost a year ago to try some Xoçai Healthy Chocolate, and she hasn’t turned back. As a diabetic, Janice struggles with consuming regular chocolate because of its high amount of sugar. “I just couldn’t imagine a chocolate that wouldn’t make my blood sugar high,” Janice says. After almost a year of regularly eating Xoçai Healthy Chocolate, she says her sugar cravings are in control, and she is getting a healthy amount of sleep every night. Are you reluctant to switch from the creamy milk chocolate you are probably used to, to a rich, dark chocolate? Well, even Julie had trouble making the transition at first. When a co-worker brought some samples to her workplace, Julie says she was reluctant to try it. “I had to choke down the pieces at first, but after 10 days I was sleeping better and my joints ached less. That’s when I thought, ‘Wow, there’s something to this.’” Now almost two years later, she has learned to enjoy the taste of dark chocolate, and she reports that she’s gone almost two years without having a cold. Although she works full-time, Julie enjoys being involved with Xoçai Healthy Chocolate and its mission to help people through healthy, tasty food worldwide. She says that she also loves reaching out to people who can benefit from the products. “It just warms your heart knowing you’re making their lives a little better.” She sponsors a long list of people from various parts of the country who have experienced the effects of the chocolate. Within her group, there are many diabetics who, like Janice, want something sweet but were previously not allowed to have anything because of their condition. Most of the other sweet products on the market are made with refined sugar, which goes right into the blood stream, Julie explains. Xoçai Healthy Chocolate uses raw cane sugar. This natural sweetener has to be broken down by the body and doesn’t spike the blood sugar, making it a diabetic-friendly option, Julie says. Although Julie is not diabetic, she has firsthand experience with the hardships of the disease through taking care of her diabetic mother. “My mother loved chocolate… I wish she was with us to try this. I would have given it to her every hour, and it wouldn’t have bothered me a bit because I know it’s safe.” Are you curious about Xoçai Healthy Chocolate? Julie encourages you to try her two-week challenge. If you order a two-week supply of chocolate and have the recommended three pieces a day and don’t notice any changes in your body, Julie will refund half of your money. If you do see a change, she will pay for the enrollment fee to join the company. She reports that she has never been asked for a refund. To learn more about the different Xoçai Healthy Chocolate products and their health benefits or to request a free sample, visit the Web site at thechocolate4us.com. You can also follow her on Facebook or contact her at 319-551-9607. |
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