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Is Chocolate a Superfood Or Junk Food? What's the healthiest kind of Chocolate? What is Chocolate? In episode 72 of HealingMatters, Jason Eagle will explain how to eat Chocolate as a Superfood! Believe it or not, our beloved chocolate candy bars, chocolate chips, and chocolate truffles actually started as a plant. A cacao tree grows in tropical/rainforest regions with lots of rain and sunshine! Once the cacao tree flowers, it produces a seed pod. 20 to 50 cacao beans are within this pod. Cacao beans are loaded in antioxidants and polyphenols. Raw cacao beans are fermented or roasted before they are processed, heated, and turned into the cocoa. Cocoa is then mixed with fat, sugar, and other natural or artificial flavors yielding the mass produced chocolate we buy at the stores. Interestingly enough, global chocolate companies like Cadbury, Hershey's, and Nestle have different recipes and use different ingredients depending upon which country they are selling their product in. Local and Craft chocolatiers usual