Having a diet rich in antioxidants can help your mind and body, feel and live the best.
Cacao nibs are known for having high amounts of antioxidants, which help skin elasticity and brain health. They have been recognized by nutritionists for cognitive, mood and bliss enhancement as well as preventing cancers. Chocolate is a brain food but the benefits depend on how and if it's processed. Cacao beans untouched and unprocessed are the best. If chocolate is desired, it would be a lot healthier to make your own chocolate from the cacao nibs than to buy processed chocolate with ingredients that contain more sugar and dairy fat than cacao beans. The cacao beans are also very high in magnesium and low in calcium, so it goes better in the body when balanced with a source of calcium. Many people eat chocolate with milk, so I wanted to point out the almond milk which contains 50% more calcium than dairy milk does and contains a high amount of vitamin E (also a great source of antioxidants). I always recommend people to try mangos in their smoothies. My reason is that mangos are also brain foods containing omega-3 and -6 polyunsaturated fatty acids and antioxidant vitamins A, C and E.
Ingredients
1 mango, 2 ripe bananas, 1 tablespoon cacao nibs and 2 cups almond milk.
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