#330

I don’t know and I don’t care when it comes to chocolate.
I eat either 80% or 90% Sam’s Dark Chocolate Bars available at some Walmarts.
It is sourced from Switzerland. I don’t care if it is the absolute best choice it’s the one I like and eat every day. Oddly, I prefer the taste of the 90%, but it is not always available.
When it comes to chocolate and black coffee, I do my own thing and do not care what the “gurus” think. :grin:

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#331

It’s this Sam’s Club by chance? If so, I don’t have access to that one, but I LOVE super high percentage and open to suggestions !

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#332

Think it might be because this large clinical trial:

Also saw results for neuro health in their trial(s) I believe

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#333

Makes perfect sense it was from Mars! Big cacao is not funding large studies :slight_smile:

#334

If there are such wonderful results with Cocoa powder, then I assume that the results with Cacao would be even better.

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#335

Oddly, Sam’s chocolate bars are only available at Walmart.
They can be bought bought online. Even though the 90% has a much higher melting point than milk chocolate, I wouldn’t buy it online in the summer unless you live in a cooler climate.

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#336

When you mention “cacao,” what exactly do you mean? The term is used in so many different ways that it’s hard to understand your specific reference. I use cocoa from https://flavanaturals.com, sourced from Barry Callebaut. This cocoa is minimally processed to maintain high flavanol levels while still tasting great, in my opinion. I’m not sure what your taste preferences are, but achieving high flavanol content involves more than just processing. Growing conditions and plant type are also crucial factors. So, it is more complex than simply distinction between cocoa and cacao.

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#337

These are good questions and I guess I don’t know enough. I think you are saying, even though cacao is less processed than cocoa, it might have fewer flavanols of a particular brand of cocoa, even if it’s more processed

I only know that I’ve really enjoyed:

Navitas brand cacao nibs

And for a more apples to apples comparison to cocoa powder, I’ve purchased diaspora cacao powder and loved the flavor.

I then tried blueprint cocoa powder and thought, meh. I was assuming it was a cacao vs cocoa thing.

Thoughts?

@desertshores I’m totally ordering that!!!

@LaraPo That’s what I always assumed!

#338

I love nibs in my yogurt in the morning, but with the heavy metals it just seems kind of stupid to eat the heavy metals then use chelation to take them out. Much smarter and less expensive to not eat them in the first place.

#339

Sigh… I started them for health but then grew to love them!

Does that mean you skip cocoa, too… or you look for brands that have been tested for lower levels

#340

I just found a Reddit thread that, if correct, shows the flavanols in various brands.

For example
Cocoavia is 106 per gram
Then it drops off to 25 per gram (shown in this photo)

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#341

This cocoa supposedly has 50-70 mg/g flavonols.

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#342

I bought a pound of zeolite powder, not the expensive stuff. Later I found out that powder only binds heavy metals in the gut and does not make it into the bloodstream, so I don’t use it much. Now it occurs to me that this could be the use case for it. Swallow a tsp of zeolite, eat a tablespoon of nibs. I wonder how well it works.

Heavy metals are bad.

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#343

I don’t see where to purchase this? Possibility not available in the US? I see there are bars but I couldn’t even find the ingredients?

#344

Sigh, you are probably correct!

What is a chocoholic to do?

#345

How do you rank on the rejuvenation Olympics? I am in the middle of the pack BJ is number 2. I plan to catch-up soon!

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#346

Hi… being honest - not a fan of Hannah Went the co-founder of TruDiagnostic (all fluff). Mediocre degree - in conversations not impressed. Not worth going there.

I put my trust in Gordon Lauc - Chief Scientific Officer of GlycanAge and Dr. Yelena Budovaskaya Stanford anti-aging researcher of TruMe Labs.

Keep up the great work!

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#347

In his interview with Dr. Hyman, Brian is talking about Rapamycin. He said he injects it??? Was that a brain fart or is he really injecting 13 mgs and 6 mgs every other week?

He says it around the 59 minute mark. He said he measures his Sirolimus levels 2 hours post injection.

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#348

No - he just said he’s dosing 13mg week 1, 6 mg week 2. Then he measures blood levels, C-max and tough levels. He didn’t say anything about injections with regard to Rapamycin.

I did find it interesting that he’s doing the dasatinib / quercetin senolytic protocol.

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#349

He specifically says he measures at 2 hours post injection at 59:16.

I’m assuming it was a brain fart. Either way, I’m sticking with the oral route.

I’m really curious as to what his senescent cell load looks like since he’s on Rapa and D+Q. I wonder what it would be if he dropped the D+Q.

I’m glad he’s out there taking one for the team!

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