Sunday, December 27, 2009

Naked Chocolate; The Astounding Truth About The World's Greatest Food


BOOK REVIEWS

Naked Chocolate
The Astounding Truth About The World's Greatest Food
By David Wolfe and Shazzie

By Mark Isaac Thyss
Garden of Healing®

Title: Naked Chocolate
Authors: David Wolfe and Shazzie
Publishers: Sunfood Nutrition (May 2005)
248 pages, softcover, full-colour throughout

ISBN-10: 0965353397
ISBN-13: 978-0965353397

Luxurious, sensuous, passionate, and exciting to all the senses - that's chocolate!

Naked Chocolate is an extraordinary raw foods / superfoods book. Written by David Wolfe and Shazzie, Naked Chocolate is the product of years of research into superfood nutrition and is adorned with an absolutely stunning full-color presentation of gorgeous photographs.

David Wolfe, America's leading nutrition guru, and Shazzie, the UK's most progressive health educator, have teamed up to bring you this informative book.

Wolfe and Shazzie present why raw, organic chocolate is good for you and why it is quite possibly - the best food ever. In these pages, you will discover the astonishing truth about the world's greatest food.

With a masters degree in nutrition, and a background in science and mechanical engineering, David Wolfe is considered one of the world’s top authorities on natural health, beauty nutrition, herbalism, chocolate, and organic superfoods.

Wolfe has over 15 years of dedicated experience and understanding of the inner workings, the delicate chemistry, and hardcore mechanics of the human body, giving him the expertise to bring you, in Naked Chocolate, the clearest understanding of what raw chocolate can do for your body.

In the book, the author explores the history, nutrition, and magic of this powerful food.

Wolfe identifies the qualities of this superfood that enhance mood and stimulate your body for optimal health. Learn how raw chocolate can affect energy levels.

Naked Chocolate is packed full of information about chocolate.

Some of the chapters found in the book include:

Legends and history of chocolate, chemical composition of cacoa, myths and beliefs about chocolate's abilities, rumors and urban legends about chocolates, chocolate and health, and a huge collection of chocolate recipes. The legends, especially the historical ones, are very interesting. They tell the legends of how cacao came to be as told by the various native tribes of South America. They also chronicle the history of cacao as it is used as money in South America, traded with European explorers, brought back to Europe, and eventually made into the chocolate we know today.

The writing is entertaining and informative, and the authors' passion and research for their subject is very clear. It's an excellent book, well worth the selling price.


Related Links:

http://www.naked-chocolate.com/

http://www.davidwolfe.com/

http://www.sunfood.com/


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