Energetic Nutrition: Chocolate
Confusion abounds in the matter science nutritional circles about many foods and drinks Hey, lycopenes and tomatoes are in, salt is bad then it's good, coffee is good then bad unless it's in enema form And of course our favorite vice, chocolate, the topic for today
From a energy science nutritional view, chocolate aggravates all three energy patterns
Chocolate aggravates Vata, the energy pattern of movement and Pitta by increasing the vibrational frequencies of mobility, hot, light and bringing the sour taste to excess. The mobility quality is experienced in diarrhea, excess gas production, and bloating The light quality becomes in excess due to gas production Through the sour(the acid taste in Nature) taste the hot quality there is excess acidity which brings acid indigestion or heartburn and potentially complicating gastroesophageal reflux(GERD)
Kapha, the energy pattern of stability, is aggravated by the sweet taste of chocolate Not only is there the refined sugar that is added to the chocolate but by itself chocolate has the sweet taste This taste is very provoking to Kapha and produces serious imbalance over time leading to all the congestive characteristics such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, heart dis-esase, and metabolic syndrome Somnolence, fatigability, slow/dull, and heaviness are potential side effects particularly if one is Kapha predisposed
Now when we take chocolate we don't have the sensations of mobile, hot light, the sweet and sour tastes but we do experience the side effects of these excess vibrational frequencies if we pay attention
So from a matter science nutritional view chocolate gets mixed reviews but from an energy science nutritional view it is not good nutrition
As we have said many times before never say never to the mindbody It doesn't like to hear the word NO
So cultivate a good digestive fire and have an occasional chocolate And then savor that nourishment with gusto
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
