Chocolate Lovers Rejoice: Mars Won't Budge

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Kaelisabeth — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:53:35 GMT

Chocolate is good for you if it is less processed. And chocolate is less processed AND good for the world if we buy Non-Traffik Chocolate! YAY! We all happy now!

www.stopthetraffik.org/language.aspx

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pgoltz — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:02:41 GMT

About Amazon Herb Company, it is a multi-level marketing company, as one poster has told us. The problem with that is that MLM is a business scam! Why would a company that is so conscientious about selling good products opt for that business model? I went round and round with them about it, and they're adamant. They won't just sell wholesale to people, and the one product I got from them is badly overpriced. I bought enough to last me awhile, and I won't do business with them anymore. The other thing to keep in mind is that if they're using the MLM model, they will probably be put out of business, either by their shoddy business practices, or by the government. People who participate in MLM lose their shirts unless they are taking advantage of a lot of people who lose THEIR shirts. We have a family member who has been burned so many times it's not funny. Hopefully he has finally learned his lesson. We should collectively pressure Amazon to change their business practices. Seriously. If you are willing to work on this, please email Dr. Mercola, because I think he recommends their products, and if he got on their case, they might do something. Please see this link: www.vandruff.com/mlm.html

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broobs — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:01:34 GMT

Hello folks, I am new to posting on this site but I have been reading your comments for a few months now. I have found many interesting things to think about from your posts. Some of them are a bit to radical for me.

I have been on a campaign for a few years to change the way my family eats. I have bought healthy pans to cook on, I make most everything we eat from scratch. From Spagetti sauce, to chili, to taco seasoning mix to bread. I use the best ingredients I can find. I researched online recipes to make our favorite foods from healthy ingredients. I buy organic as much as I can.

We live in Washington state so raw milk is no issue for us. The local health food store carries it. There are many ranches that sell fresh grass fed beef. One even has pork.

If we come up with an illness, I research how to treat it naturally. In fact, we just shared a nasty cough with friends and family. I read how you can drink warm water with 1/2 baking soda to treat it. Guess what, it worked for all six of us. Can't say how it helped but it did the trick.

I clean the house with baking soda and vinegar only. We don't use deodorant, just good ole soap and water. My teen sons acne got real bad. I researched a treatment for that. Guess what...baking soda treats that as well. His face is getting much clearer each day. It is amazing how effective baking soda is for acne.

The reason I am commenting on this article is I was so upset when I read the label on my hershey "chocolate" syrup bottle. It says, genuine chocolate FLAVOR! UGH! The first ingredient is high fructose corn sryup!(Remember I said I am working on making changes in our life. I do have a few issues left to weed out.)

So, online I went to find a way to make real chocolate sryup. I now make my morning mocha with raw milk, organic coffee and true chocolate sryup. Boy it is good!

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Marnie1 — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:32:33 GMT

Uncle Russ,

You have hit the nail on the head with the "certified organic" issue. First, to clarify, nothing can be legally labeled as made in the US unless it is manufactured in the US, or the components that are foreign made are assembled into a finished product that can the be considered "made in the US." (There are specific rules for this stated in US Customs regulations.) Since all organic certifiers are 3rd party, (some of them not even in the same country as the products distributors.) They only certify based on information given to them by the party asking for the certification. That in itself is somewhat disturbing. Even more so is the fact that the importer of the ingredients probably isn't being given accurate information about the ingredients either. We're all operating on blind faith. How much do you want to bet that the ingredients in your "organic" multivitimin are sourced from China, made into the finished product in the US, and certified organic by a 3rd party? Call the manufacturer, and the answer you'll get is "We're an international company, and we source from all over the world. We can't keep track of all of our sources." And they don't have to. My bet is that the source is China. We need as strict of labeling laws for food as we have for wearing apparel. A shirt can't kill us, but a bad batch of Vitamin C can.

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Marnie1 — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:17:55 GMT

To the few of you who have an issue with farmers putting their children to work to "eek out a living"--I suggest you talk to your esteemed farmers market providers to find out if their kids are put to work on the farm. Or maybe you prefer the kids sit on the couch and play video games and get fat because it's so wrong for them to develop a work ethic and understand what it means to "earn a living". Farm life is not slave labor, and it's what America was built on. It's hard work, and it's not for everyone, but don't you dare fault someone who has chosen that way of life--regardless of the country they live in. I bet those poor 3rd world farmers are glad they have someone to buy their product. By boycotting the finished product, you are are reducing the income for that farmer, thereby denying him the ability to buy food, clothes, and shelter for his children--did you ever think about that???

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catuskan60 — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:21:51 GMT

I don't buy Mars products anymore since finding out they test on animals, injecting ingredients into small rodents arteries to see what will happen, subjecting them to all kinds of tortures, putting them in chilled water for five hours. Rodents aren't real popular with people, but they are still living creatures who feel pain like the rest of us. The purpose for this testing? I haven't the slightest idea, except maybe some mad scientist in the lab, Dr. Frankenstein, maybe.

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seenkay — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:08:36 GMT

About 2 years ago, I got turned on to a chocolate made from un-processed cocoa powder, acai berry, blueberry, cayenne and cinnamon. They now make a few different types of chocolate products including a bite size nugget, an Omega rich bar with orange flavor, a protein rich meal replacement bar, and a powder form which can be made in to a liquid or just poured in to smoothies, I put mine in my chili recipe. It's all delicious and cram-packed with anti-oxidants, fiber, omegas and protein. The products are called "Xocai", a combination of the ancient word for chocolate, xocolatl, and the other main ingredient, the acai berry, which Dr. Pericone calls a "super food". The company that produces it is called MXI Corp, out of Nevada. I can be reached directly for samples or more information. Just reply to this post. Smiles, Kerri

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curious7 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:10:38 GMT

Funny how we are faced with companies who try to fool us into thinking they have our best interests in mind when they make changes, and then try to lie about things. If indeed our best interests were the concern then why not be truthful? Could it possibly be sales would drop if the truth were made public?

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MomShap — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:44:08 GMT

So, here's a question for all of you who have been practicing smart choices for longer than I have. What ARE you handing out to the kiddies on Oct 31, assuming you even have anything to do with this event? Trader Joe's has large bags of small bags of roasted, unsalted almonds. That's fairly spendy, but is a consideration. My favorite "sweets" now include these amazing organic gala apples we've been able to get here in Washington State. My goodness. But I doubt that Mom and Dad will allow Junior to eat an apple gathered from a stranger on Oct 31 night. Maybe I should be shopping for small games and puzzles, and forget the "treats"? Also, Dr. John Gray has a really delicious cookie recipe using coconut oil, nuts, and a whey protein shake powder.

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webwitch6 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:11:06 GMT

Chocolate is a big problem for me. I have always loved milk chocolate in just about any form-bars, nuggets, chips, kisses you name it I love it. Recently (about 7 months ago) I noticed I would eat a bar (or kiss, nugget etc) and not feel well. REALLY not feel well. Twice I fainted while sitting at the computer! I started to read the ingredients on the labels. Lots of things with letters, like PGPR, or TBHQ, or some such junk. I slowly stopped buying the poison in plastic and started eating the Endangered Species bars, and more semi sweet almost bitter stuff that is more organic. It has taken me 7 months to break a 30 plus year habit. I am not completely junk/sugar free but about 90 percent. I have been a vegetarian for 25 years and I have always serious junk (Doritos, fries, donuts) for about 8 years, but chocolate was the last culprit. I am on my way!

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Vanessa Barg — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:06:15 GMT

Hello fellow chocolate enamored advocates of health and quality!

Reading this post made me so happy because, as a holistic health counselor and president of Gnosis Raw Chocolate, I appreciate informed consumers and those passionate about their nutrition and the marketplace.

Reading all the different chocolates you enjoy, I thought you might be interested in Gnosis Chocolate.

www.GnosisChocolate.com

It is Raw, Organic, Dairy-free (important for the antioxidants to be of use - ezinearticles.com), Sugar-free (I use agave nectar, which is a complex form of fructose called Inulin) and made with a lot of Love. All our ingredients are made by the highest quality people who love their product, workers, and the Earth. The varieties include Cashew Goji Cherry, Almond Fig Spice, Simplicity, Blackberry Mint, SuperChoc, Honey Ginger, and more... 13 flavors in total. Plus, we make CustoMade chocolate - so you will have the healthiest chocolate available custom tailored to your tastebuds!

10% of all profits go to the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (http://www.FTPF), a wonderful organization committed to our future on this Earth.

Indulge your Health!!!

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Birdlady — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:22:24 GMT

All I have to do to rid my desire for chocolate is to look at the insane ingredients in them. I was at my in-laws house and they had some type of candy bar called Smores. I knew they were bad but when I turned the package over to see the ingredients I stopped everyone in their conversations and told them how I had never seen a chocolate bar so unhealthy. It had about 10 different types of "sugar" in it (HFCS, Brown Rice syrup, molasses syrup etc). Then at the store when I see the big display of candy death, I just flip it over and see how they all have those weird abbreviated preservatives, TBHQ and BHT. If it's too big to put the real name on it, then it's nothing my body needs.

Women don't even realize what they are doing to themselves with their monthly chocolate frenzy. I think they know it's bad to have chocolate but they don't realize that it's not just chocolate. You are getting a candy bar full of despair wrapped in a pretty shiny wrapper.

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Libreni — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:19:18 GMT

I recommend Endangered Species Chocolate. 88% cocoa content; 100% ethically traded; 10% net profits go to support habitats of endangered animal species. Plus, they operate out of Indianapolis, IN, so it helps my local economy. :-) and, it's yummy! You can buy it at Target.

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Michael_Czajka — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:04:20 GMT

Hi,

In Australia Mars and other major confectioners appear to have replaced all the cocoa mass in their chocolate with vegetable oil... some of the time.

It's very confusing because they aren't very consistent in this. I have to check each and every bar to see if it has cocoa mass or vegetable oil in it. Mostly I now simply boycott their products and have switched to the more expensive but tastier specialty chocolates. At least then you consistently get cocoa mass, a low heating temperatures and no additive surprises.

:-)