Chocolate Week Goodies You've Likely Never Tried

The antioxidant properties of the cocoa pod are varied and powerful

I'm kicking off Chocolate Week(end) with a bang! Talk about friends with benefits, chocolate, especially the dark kind is a super food for athletes and cross trainers alike. Runners and cyclists who consumed a mere 8 ozs of chocolate milk after exercising were found to have less inflammation and faster recovery times. If you live in the northeast, you will have most likely visited Hershey, PA and taken the factory tour. They take you through all of the harvesting and processing of the cocoa pods. Chocolate was the drink of kings, especially Montezuma leader of the Aztec empire. They found chocolate mixed with chili peppers give them a lot of energy and stamina.  They needed it! Not having domesticated animals to ride means YOU will be hoofing it.  So here are some of my modern day chocolate inspired favorites:

Emmy's Choco Chili & Dark Cacao Macaroons
These raw food, vegan coconut-choco chili macaroons are about as close as you are going to get to Montezuma's recipe.  These are so light and fluffy, this recipe includes raw cacao, sweet vanilla bean, organic ground cinnamon and hot chili peppers. Each macaroon is 100 calories but trust me, the hot chilies will up your metabolism big time.

Emmy's cocao infused macaroons

Beauty Bursts in Chocolate-Mint by NeoCell
These tasty chews are loaded with easy to absorb Collagen, Hyaluronic Acid and Vitamin C. These are perfect before and after a workout, especially if you suffer from joint pain. One serving of only 2 soft chews gives you 2,000 mg or 2 grams of both Protein and Hydrolyzed Collagen. Made with natural flavors and real cocoa, you get some of the antioxidant benefits inherent to dark chocolate.

Beauty Bursts in Mint-Chocolate

Pure Inventions Pure Cocoa Antioxidant
These chocolaty liquid drops are very easy to take with you or add to your morning water bottle, coffee or protein shake. They really have a delicious chocolate flavor. 1 dropper full is all you need as it contains a proprietary blend of cocoa extract and cocoa powder along with Lo Han fruit extract. This is probably the best way to get an instant boost of antioxidant power into the blood stream.

Pure Inventions Cocoa Antioxidant

Emmy's Chocolate Sauce Original Dark
This is the BOSS of the chocolate sauce! Drizzle it over frozen yogurt or fruit, it contains  organic raw agave, organic raw cacao powder and wild crafted vanilla bean. This is serious stuff that will definitely boost your energy level on the spot.

Emmy's Chocolate Sauce

Natural cocao pod and beans c/o CocoWell

Antioxidant Powered Workouts - Pure Inventions

Now you can enjoy the power of antioxidant rich green tea anytime, anywhere. Pure Inventions!

One of the downsides to increasing the intensity of your fitness routine is the increase in oxidative stress. Just as aerobic exercise means "with oxygen", upping that key component causes greater oxidation of your cells. Think rust on iron that's exposed to oxygen! Oxidative damage shows up as soreness, inflammation and loss of muscle gains over time.

Pure Inventions Green Tea Drops
What if you could have an instant answer to oxidation as you are working out at the gym? It's possible. If you are like me and DON'T like taking handfuls of hard pills throughout the day, consider this new product from Pure Inventions. Their delicious Green Tea Drops can go with you in your duffel bag to be added to your water bottle refill. No refrigeration needed, one large bottle gives you a whopping 60 servings.

Pack a bottle of Green Tea Drops with your water bottle in your gym bag.

Green Tea to Go
Pure Inventions Green Tea Drops, Specialty Solutions and Antioxidant Super Fruits come in crazy good natural flavors including Raspberry, Peach, Coconut, White Tea, Blueberry, Pineapple, Chocolate and more. Better still, many of them also offer beneficial herbs and nutrients such as Chamomile, Passion fruit & D3.  It's almost like someone handing you a rich cup of green tea anywhere you are! You can even add hot water and drink it that way to warm up.
Either way, hot or cold, they can help you get the needed antioxidants in your diet while increasing your water intake. I keep a little bottle on the water cooler next to my Nordic Flex Ultra Lift. When I go to refill my bottle or cup for a drink, I add a dropper full of Pure Inventions. EASY!

Pure Inventions Green Tea drops can be added to hot water for a proper cup of tea.

Green Tea Extracts
As Nutritionists, we devised our Green Tea Extracts to give you a boost of antioxidants and immune support. Choose from one of our six flavors, each containing 100 mg of Green Tea per serving (equivalent to 10 cups of brewed green tea). Our all-natural health and wellness drops have: NO calories, NO sugar, NO artificial sweeteners, NO artificial ingredients, NO caffeine, and NO gluten or sodium. Improve your hydration and health today with our convenient and delicious drops! 

  

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