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Re: Solid Chocolate v. Cocoa
05/08/05 07:11 AM

retrograde

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I may be wrong about this, but I *believe* that solid choclate is simply a GI irritant where cocoa powder is not. By GI irritant that would be the same way say, fat or caffeine or diary are GI irritants.

It's not necessarily that it *contains* an irritant, so much as it is one itself. That's the way I always that understood it...

At any rate, I've found cocoa and carob powder to be a safe way to get a 'choclate fix' now and then. Luna bars also uses cocoa powder mixed with soy milk to make its seemingly solid choclate coatings - and those are safe for most folks on these boards.

But solid choclate definitely kills me. I had actually cut out chocolate completely before coming accross Heather's diet, after which I played around with cocoa powder a little and found it to be ok.

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Solid Chocolate v. Cocoa
AlyssaKaye
05/07/05 04:10 PM

Re: Solid Chocolate v. Cocoa
retrograde
05/08/05 07:11 AM

Re: Solid Chocolate v. Cocoa
Little Minnie
05/07/05 07:40 PM

I am not an expert - so I'll leave that to someone else
kshsmom
05/07/05 07:13 PM

Re: Solid Chocolate v. Cocoa
*Melissa*
05/07/05 07:06 PM

Yep - this is exactly it. Thanks Melissa! -nt-
Heather Administrator

05/08/05 05:04 PM

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