Chocolate that’s good for you!!

Scotland doesn’t have the best reputation for healthy eating, but that’s now changing as more people begin to appreciate that what we put in our mouth has a direct effect on how we feel. And we all want to feel great!

One pioneer of the healthy eating revolution is Steve Montgomery, founder of Red Sugar, Edinburgh’s new superfoods cafe. Superfoods are foods that are extraordinarily nutritious. Red Sugar focuses on one superfood in particular: raw chocolate! Chocolate that is good for you – yes really!

Actually, it’s cacao, which is the basic ingredient of chocolate and is known as the food of the Gods. Most of us have heard that dark chocolate is better for us than light, and this is because it contains more cacao. When cacao is raw, it hasn’t been heated or processed. Heating food damages precious anti ageing substances called enzymes, while these are preserved in raw food. Indeed, raw chocolate is fantastic, but raw food has a lot more to offer – it’s come a long way since the days of lettuce and tomato salad. A whole variety of gourmet concoctions are now available, mostly made from nuts, seeds, fruit, vegetables, and of course superfoods.

For raw take home snacks, you could try the Raw Fairies range. Choices include spicy Mexican or red onion flax seed crackers (high in brain boosting good fats), oat cookies that provide slow release energy and even raw granola – a great start to your day.

www.red-sugar.co.uk
www.rawfairies.com

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