History & Culture - Sacred Chocolate: Raw, Stone-Ground, Organic & Vegan <p> Learn about the history & Culture of Theobroma Cacao / Chocolate.</p> <p> Feel free to send us any research links via our <a href="/contact-us">contact form</a>.</p> Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:33:43 PST http://www.sacredchocolate.com/xcms.php?xcmscategoryid=9 David Wolfe's TED Talk on Raw Chocolate Scientific Cacao/ Chocolate Health Research -> History & Culture Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:10:00 -0700 David Wolfe talks about his passion for Raw Chocolate at TED http://www.sacredchocolate.com/xcms_entry.php?xcmsentryid=132&xcmsrss=1 Geographic and Genetic Population Differentiation of the Amazonian Chocolate Tree (Theobromacacao L) Scientific Cacao/ Chocolate Health Research -> History & Culture Mon, 09 May 2011 22:21:00 -0700 Study of cacao diversity including geographic sampling which identifies 10 genetic clusters (rather than two). This study also provides insights into the diversification of Amazon species, and into the origin of the traditional cacao cultivars. http://www.sacredchocolate.com/xcms_entry.php?xcmsentryid=115&xcmsrss=1 Flavanols, the Kuna, cocoa consumption, and nitric oxide Scientific Cacao/ Chocolate Health Research -> History & Culture Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:33:00 -0700 The Kuna Indians, who reside in an archipelago on the Caribbean Coast of Panama, have very low blood pressure (BP) levels, live longer than other Panamanians, and have a reduced frequency of myocardial infarction, stroke, diabetes mellitus, and cancer http://www.sacredchocolate.com/xcms_entry.php?xcmsentryid=56&xcmsrss=1 Theobroma Cacao Food of the Gods Scientific Cacao/ Chocolate Health Research -> History & Culture Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:15:00 -0700 "In 1753 Carl von Linneaeus, the Sweidish scientist, thought that chocolate was so important that he named the genus and species of the chocolate tree himself. He named this tree Theobroma Cacao, which literally means: cacao, the food of the gods. Just what the indigenous Native Americans called it." Naked Chocolate, David Wolfe http://www.sacredchocolate.com/xcms_entry.php?xcmsentryid=51&xcmsrss=1 History, Culture & Archeology Scientific Cacao/ Chocolate Health Research -> History & Culture Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:37:00 -0800 The medicinal use of cacao, or chocolate, both as a primary remedy and as a vehicle to deliver other medicines, originated in the New World and diffused to Europe in the mid 1500s. http://www.sacredchocolate.com/xcms_entry.php?xcmsentryid=17&xcmsrss=1