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In the last couple of years dark chocolate has been cropping up in the news and online, health journals and financial reports. But is this just a sudden revelation? You either are a chocoholic or you know one. Haven't these people known for as long as memory serves them that chocolate makes them feel better? For those who try to control their chocolate consumption, it is their greatest guilty pleasure. What if chocolate is not just a new kid on the block? The latest health fad? What if I told you chocolate had been around for over 3500 years. And from the beginning ancient peoples realized its healthy properties. They ground the beans into a paste or powder, mixed it with water and sipped the foam. No heat, no chemicals, no sugar, no milk, no added fat. "YUCK", you say. But king Montezuma marched his troops for days consuming nothing but this pure, raw chocolate. And money literally grew on the cacao tree. The beans were traded for other valuable goods in the market system of civilized cultures all over the Americas.

When Europeans visited the New World, they saw the value in this rare fruit and took it with them back home. But the more delicate crowd in the refined cities of Europe couldn't get past the taste. So over time they learned to roast the beans to alleviate the bitterness. A little later, someone figured out if you treated them with alkali, it took away even more of the bitterness. Did no one ever consider that consuming alkali might not be the healthiest thing? And then the clever chocolate makers found out that by adding sugar and milk they had a highly consumable, and marketable, product. But at this time, they didn't realize that through all that processing they had left behind up to 80% of what made the chocolate an all purpose food and ancient energy drink. But they didn't leave behind it's value in the marketplace. As manufacturers and candy makers discovered more and more ways to present chocolate, they discovered more and more ways to make money with it. Chocolate has remained a marketable commodity during economic downturns and upswings. Statistics show that when times are good, people celebrate with chocolate, and when times are bad, they soothe themselves with it.

So, in keeping with the pattern, when science began to recover the healthy properties of chocolate the makers leaned their ears in that direction. And when consumers began to look for it, they started tweaking their recipes with stronger cocoa content and nuts and berries. But even at their best they still typically roasted and alkalized their beans so they could use cheaper sweeteners to make it edible. At first, you could only find the real stuff in small candy kitchens, where they were willing to hand process the beans in tiny batches. So only the chosen few could buy it. A few of the finer ones got internet sites and sold their wares more widely. But how many customers can one small kitchen serve? Gradually some of the larger companies improved their chocolate, so the average Walmart shopper had a chance to at least choose something a little healthier than a chocolate flavored kiss. And one or two even put all their energy into producing a chocolate that takes it all the way back to it's ancient Mayan roots in purity and nutrition. And once again, historically, a company that has taken the time and resources to make the superior product will reap the most benefits in the market. And in this case, those who get on the bandwagon of either consumption or marketing of these chocolates could find their life situations changed in ways they never imagined.

Terri, along with husband Johnny, operates a healthy chocolate business from their home and on their travels. They live in rural western Kentucky and have one daughter and a brand new granddaughter. They are passionate about sharing what eating healthy chocolate, and being in the healthy chocolate business, has done for them in the three years since they first discovered it. Although their favorite way to share chocolate is face to face, they also have a lucrative online business and look forward to each new friend it brings their way.

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