Justice versus conscience

Cacao is the food of the gods indeed 🙂 so I’d like us to also recognize the hard working farmers that makes it possible for everyone to obtain this magical food. Dirt poor isn’t something we should exploit for our own abundant health, that’s not healthy. But apart from that I appreciated this talk – thank you

I think his message it accurate to a point except the Kuna Indians have perfect blood pressure mostly likley because they don’t sit in cubicles or bombarded with junk food commerical on their TVs every day. They probably dont eat much processed foods and walk alot. They also probably do very physical labor in order to eat and survive unlike in America. Yes cacao helps but it cannot reverse the unhealthy lifestyle of the modern western man.

I really appreciate everything you said about cocoa. But saying it will be cheap because of slave labor is not ok. It needs to be Fair Trade Certified, kind and generous with appreciation toward the farmers.

Thank God for Coacoa brought up on the plant,my mothers from Samoa she would feed us on the nutritional value it had 40x mag 40x iron Than greens.

dirt-cheap is an insult to work exploitation in the non-industrial nations. child labour and unfair trade so think what words you’re using before promoting this drink of the gods. they won’t be happy you taking advantage of its origins. overall informative presentation.

The raw unprocessed powder costs more than the processed. Never understand that. It’s not cheap here. It’s an expensive “superfood”. It’s bitter but quite drinkable. I view it as medicine which rarely tastes delicious.

Thank you very much for your great presentation.

Great presentation! I never new these details on specific conditions :0

1) This hurt my heart every time he mispronounced cacao – the subject of the whole presentation 2) 2000 cups a day is almost 1.4 cups per minute so definitely not true and irresponsible to infer that it’s fine to exceed the recommended daily dosage 3) Cacao is a superfood but he didn’t mention most of the reasons (nutritional composition) which make it so beneficial 4) Raw cacao is not dirt cheap! I consume it about 3 times per week and it’s an expensive treat.

Its CACAO…KA-KOW. Cacoa doesn’t exist. Some dude who, I believe, worked for Hershey’s, spelled it wrong like 100 years ago and the misspelled name has stuck.

Very high % cocoa Taste great if one enjoys bitter foods like myself. Very bitter foods are very healthy

Thanks, growing cacao and working on the best way to get it to market in with all it’s natural nutrients intact.

He recommends cocoa which is fine but he should be more specific. He definitely doesn’t mean Nesquick. Which everybody knows. The cocoa the Kuna drink is made from raw cacao which should taste just awful to most of us. Most chocolate and cocoa products out there are made from alkali-processed roasted cacao beans which are full of arcylamide.

Whew as a cacao enthusiast it’s really hard to listen to him mispronounce it over and over

Drink every time he says “It gets even better”

“Cocoa” is not the same as “cacao” which is probably what he’s trying to say. And there is really no evidence, based on what he’s saying, that it’s the cacao which is responsible for the good health of these native people … there are so many other factors that could be at play. And … it’s still true that cacao has a lot of beneficial properties, so let’s enjoy it whenever we can! (Also, by the way, “ischemic heart disease” is NOT the same as a heart attack.)

how about the fermented cacao? is this still nutritious?

I can’t believe this Ted Talk was so underrated..

I only partially listened to this. I’m now going to eat more chocolate.

does cocoa has the same health benefits as cacao?

Does Dutch processed cacao have the health benefits of unprocessed cacao?

What he didn’t mention is that Meso American drink cacao with spices. European drink it with sugar. Sugar cancels the good benefits of cacao

very imformatve to health improvements execellent presentation ..

Glad we have couple of cocoa trees in our backyard.

Love Cacao too 🙂

I hate to sound jaded, but he’s too young and well educated in the field of nutrition to have so sloppy an appearance. I feel that while it’s never always true, but a person promoting health should lead by example – not just point out the research. Great video though and I do appreciate him and his work.

Johntra Volta speaks about cocoa! I feel lucky!

He could apply a lot of the cocoa himself

I always find it interesting how these so called gurus talk about healthy living and yet the guy is 50 lbs over weight.

Mispronouncing the subject of the talk. Oioioi. Sorta joking, Awesome to educate others on the subject good talk!!!

i’m a cocoa dealer as well

I supplement with cocoa.

I kept imaging Dan Aykroid’s character from Trading Places was giving this lecture about “kak uh a”.

Gift from God NOT gods, agreed

why every time? why are the health gurus the opposite of what they talk about?

What about the Cadmium content? There are warning labels on packages of cacao about this

It definitely jump starts the heart space ;;)

this guy tries to be all knowing and talks in a voice that arrogant. the simplifies these things too much and talk as if these are the only truths. but we all know this subject is much more complicated and there are always risk with benefits.

What about the theobromine?

So raw unprocessed cacao has all the health benefits?

“Cocoa is dirt cheap.” $20/lb on Amazon. -.-

How TF did this this guy get a Ted talk?

Theobroma cacao not cocoa…

I eat 100% cocoa from Bakers chocolate. Wondering if that’s the same of what he is talking about.?

wow really ppl ;;making comments on your insulted by terms of truth poor countrys produced get over it this is their income , way of life like herion. it is a blessing of the poor by the poor to the world be grateful

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It would help…just a tad, if the presenter didn’t look like he just came off 12 months of junk food binging and rolled out of a bar…

KoKoa is pretty good I hear……..

Cacao butter?

omega 3 ,, and fish are too,,, cacao with milk are tases good plus honey……,,,>< coca cola ><>

Yes!

Cacao comes from Africa and South America. Europeans always try and take credit and claim they came up with the name and etc . A typical Caucasian story that people starting not to believe .

Great presentation, but dude looks like he partied all night, woke up in those clothes hung over, rolled out of bed and barely made it to the presentation. Guy looked like a disaster.

Get it right its cacao not cocoa Theobroma cacao. Cocoa is processed form found in most chocolate. Cacao is raw natural form.

someone did not sleep for kokowa

Food of the gods. Why r normal men taking it then hmm

Business/research guys shouldn’t touch these topics, only disrespecting indigenous wisdom with unnecessary analyses and trying to make money of it : ) chanceless.

Stop saying Indians, they are native humans or people. In your attempt to sound educated, you make some crucial offenses: it’s called cacao, they are not Indians, it taste bad only from your perspective.

Just before 8 minutes and he says that Montezuma and his guys ate up to 2,000 cups of cacoa a day.. something sounds really wrong with that number sorry…

Cacao.

Love cocoa but this guy looks and sounds unhealthy, wonder what his blood pressure is…

It’s CACAO, pronounced “ka kow”.. yeesh