Dark Chocolate With A Dark Side: Minimizing Heavy Metal Concerns | Dr. William Li 

The brands found to have the LOWEST levels of heavy metal contamination are: A) Mast Organic Dark chocolate (80 % cocoa) B) Taza Organic Chocolate ( 70% Cocoa) C) Valrhona Abino Dark Chocolate (85% cocoa) D) Ghirardelli Intense Dark Chocolate/Twilight Delight (86% and 72% Cocoa respectively) 😊

Philippine cacao called tablea is pure cacao.

My personal stem cell experience... I am 70 years old and 10 years ago I had an MRI that found two torn miniscus and a bone spur in my left knee and med to advanced arthritis in both knees. I was in a lot of pain! I had stem cells from a delivered placenta (so no moral problem) and my own spun blood plasma injected into both knees, praying it would help. My knees were noticeably better the next day, but completely like new within about 3 weeks! I have no more arthritis and it's been 10 years! And the bone spur and two torn miniscus are healed. 70 years old now and knees like new. I tell everybody, but the sad thing is that insurance co's don't pay for it, so it doesn't get much awareness! Loved your dark chocolate talk!

Good info thank you Dr. Li CR-> Safer choices MAST Organic dark chocolate 80% cocoa GHIRARDELLI Intense dark chocolate 86% cacao

Immediately subscribed to this channel with a Chocolate Doctor!

Hi Dr Li I saw ur books at bookstore yesterday I would have bought them but I’m 70 yrs old n the print in ur books r small n light n No pictures so I didn’t like ur books please if u write another book use larger print n add pictures thanks! Keep up the good work!!!

My rule with chocolate now is to have it only as add-on ingredient (vs eating it a piece as a treat), so I may use it sparingly for Tiramisu or a few chocolate chips over an ice-cream bowl. There are of course other ways to get polyphenols. For example, some Berries are high in polyphenols (anthocyanins, flavonols, and phenolic acids). I add them to our smoothies. elderberries: 1,191 mg per 100 g blackcurrants: 560 mg per 100 g blueberries: 525 mg per 100 g

Finally. Been wondering if you would start addressing heavy metals pesticides etc in the foods you recommend. Like stone fruits. Are they next?

Thank you Dr. Li

I like having Taza with my matcha tea each day. I also tend to try and eat fresh cilantro as it helps to flush the heavy metals from your body. That’s what I’m led to believe… I hope so.

Am ftom philippines. i have seeds of cacao.. i dried it under the sun and grilled it. I peel the seeds and grind it.. that's it i can make pure cacao hot choco or make a champorado. I hope its good really for health

Please do more of these videos and chocolate and other items that we eat You're the only one out there like you're our saviour please don't stop

Good information, Dr. Li, thank you! I thought you were going to take away my darl chocolate. I got scared there for a minute 😅

Thank You Dr. Li, this clarification helps so much🧡🩵♥️💜🤍

Thanks Dr. Li.

Thank you so much for raising the awareness, I have been consuming Cacao Powder daily, though it is organic and Rain Forest Alliance certified, but it does not have a third party testing report, it is concerning. Won't drink it daily now.

A way to consume it right. Select a high quality chocolate 🍫 with 90% as they have much less fat and sugar in them. You can eat one square or maybe even two squares per day. It is suggested you take glycine and carnosine before and after you ate the two squares take berberin and then walk for 5 to 10 minutes if you can. Do prp once a month as well.

I eat a lot of cacao. Easily 100g a day in the form of Trader Joe's 72% dark, and Ghiradelli Cacao melted into that with butter to make it 85% plus. So easily 50g of cacao a day. I did a lead blood test recently. No problem with lead so far.

All tropical fruits shall be black listed too then.

I found you through a great live show with OFFGRIDWITHDOUGANDSTACY, so happy I found Doug & Stacy , it’s exciting to hear what you say!!! My daughter found Dr. Bronner’s chocolate, apparently no heavy metals. Can you please check to see if this is true? 🙏 Thank

Thank you for your explanation dr. Li 😊

Not a problem! I weigh each of my chocolate bars (lead is very heavy!) and if they are over 3.5 ounces (weight marked on package) I know it has excess lead in it. So far all my chocolate has tested low lead!

Dark chocolate is best used as a season or topping, not as much dopamine but some shavings in no sugar added yogurt with strawberries and coconut is insanely good

Would there be any of the stem cell benefits for 5yr old with cerebral palsy or maybe not? Thank you for all your videos, they are truly helping us!❤

Oh thank you so much for posting this. So important to know this info.

Thank you Dr Li. I have learned so much from you in the last few months and I try to apply what you teach. Could I suggest a theme for a future video? It is about rice. I am from Portugal and we have several types of rice grown there. I eat a Mediterranean diet but I like Japanese, Indian and Korean foods too. My question is, why is that countries that eat a lot of rice prefer white to brown rice? Japanese for instance who have been eating rice for centuries prefer white. Is white healthier than brown then?

Great info Dr. Li. Thank you for all you do. I’ve read your book, gifted it; then bought another to gift to another friend.

this should say from a licensed medical doctor in the us not sure why it doesn't show on youtube

Thank you Dr Li excelente video, God bless you, and than you thank you and thank you, blessings

Another doctor I watched on YT suggested to make sure to consume food with the chocolate you are eating as this lessens the amount of heavy metals that are being absorbed. She also suggested that a person makes sure their zinc, iron and magnesium levels are not deficient

Bryan Johnson recently did a video showing the heavy metal content of various popular chocolate bars. It's very telling, check it out!

Love this Dr ,so helpful !

kind of sketch advise. The lower the ca cao the higher the sugar. I use 100% and put some stevia on it for sweetening to make it taste good. None of the bars mentioned here are sans sugar.

My home is in Bali and Indonesia has plenty of chocolate. I eat every day 35 gr dark chocolate 95% without sugar. Add 2 teaspoon coco powder to my daily yogurt&fresh fruit smoothy

I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THESE BRANDS.

Fabulous, useful information.

Many thanks for that.

Very good info👍😊..if heavy metal ruins chokolade under 70%, it ruins my ears too,exept W.A.S.P 😁😁😁

how many grams of 100% cacao in each cup to get what they had in that study for double stem cells after a month of drinking?

I use alkalized bio cacao powder from Peru it’s supposed to decline heavy metals

Very good quality video, thanks. More please

How about using 100% organic cacao powder from Peru, for brewing sugar free cocoa? Cmcriollo, Trinitsrio, and Forastero beans.

My neighbor who is a 12 year breast cancer survivor has a piece of dark chocolate with a small glass of red wine after dinner. She says it's the best part of her day. She eats the 72% Hu, so I'll let her know your recommended chocolates. Thank you.

I ate the whole darn bar last night and half a bar tonight. 😢 it’s difficult if not possible to just nibble

Maybe the body kept reserves in the bone marrow for good reasons. Depleting them from bone marrow may be asking for other issues downstream. Perhaps one shouldn't waste them.

If certain foods like chocolate stimulate the good stem cells in the body, could it also stimulate the stem cells of cancer that got left behind after chemo and radiation?

Great recomendations

Thank you

Organic ones also have high levels of toxic metals !! BTW hate tricky witholding of info... as in "three seasonal fruit" ... JUST NAME THEM!

They say chocolate picks up lead and cadmium from air pollution while drying

But how much do you have to eat and what is the right amount? The study mentions 780mg of flavanols which means eating a HUGE amount

So I guess Sam's Club brand 85% and 90% is no good, then ??😮😢 I go through one bar a week by nibbling. Intense flavor allows just a little bit at a time.

Thanks Dr. Li 2 days ago I started chewing 1 raw cacao seed a day. Half in the morning and half at night. I took it from my neighbor's cacao plant in front of his house. My question is, is it safe to eat the raw cacao bean? If it is, should I increase the portion? FYI, I live in Indonesia. Southern part of Sulawesi island and the nearest volcanic area is 1000 kilo meters away. Thanks

Most helpful, thanks.

Do the companies that make chocolate confections always purchase their cacao from the same suppliers, so their heavy metal levels remain the same? Or do they vary their purchasing to find better prices? Can we trust a study to be consistent year after year, or should they retest yearly?

Would love to know how you make your hot chocolate! I’ve been Whole Food Plant Based for 2 yrs.

Homemade is really easy, I do it sugarfree.(keto)

EFSA has established a Tolerable Weekly Intake (TWI) for cadmium of 2.5 micrograms per kilogram of body weight. For a 80 kg (160 lbs) adult, this equates to 200 micrograms per week. So now I want to know: How much is in one (100g) of chocolate? Does anyone know?

So cacao powder itself should be avoided? Like 1-3tsp a day in protei shake. Btw, thank you so much for your great video!

Thank you for the knowledge! P.S. where did you get that coat? I've been looking for a coat like that for a while!

Quick question, does it follow that bananas also have harmful levels of lead and cadmium?

Until recently, I was regularly buying a 1kg tub of Raw Organic Cacao powder on Amazon, but then I heard about this heavy metal contamination, and that stopped me dead in my tracks. Presumably, there is no published info on a product like that?

Wow,fascinating!

Dr. William why Don,t You recommand Chorella and Spirulina at the Same Time to get rid of the Havy Metals? Once in a half year I help myself to get rid of That stuf out of my Body. Also to mention That I saw My Arsenicum Levels getting more and more on a high rate. Then Thanks to this Info Channel an other Dokter told to get rid of That, eat blau pflums. I Did and It worked in 2 mounths I was out the danger Zone, Back to normal Levels again.

Doctor Li, Would ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA) oral supplementation remove the lead & cadmium from your body? If yes....maybe a video on best practices of oral EDTA therapy.

Thank you for the clarification, but what about Raw Cacao. Every day, I mix 1 table of raw cacao powder with smoothie. Is it safe to use? I chose a single source, Non GMO , & organic ? Please comment on that? Thank you

I purchase 100% Cocoa to add to my coffee, I do not want added sugar or dairy, not sure why you are only talking about 'candy'. What is the lower heavy metals cocoa in the more healthy 100% grown in better quality regions?

Hmm I wonder who funded that testing?)

I remember you saying years ago you need at least three chocolate chips worth.

I have not heard of these I usually get green and Black's and the co op one I don't know if you know anything about these brands

Thanks doc🇵🇭

Hi Doc, I don’t actually eat chocolate per se because of its sugar content but I do nibble roasted cacao(atleast 10 roasted cacao) with my early cup of black sugar-free coffee. I’ve been doing this for almost a year now and I just feel the health benefits its giving to my body. Now, my question is if it’s ok to consume just roasted cacao seeds in the long run. Thanks for answering☺️

Another extremely concerning issue with chocolate is the use of child labor in production.

How about using pure cacao? That is definitely not candy.

My fear with adopting a diet with nutrients that "recruit" stem cells as cacao's polyphenols do, is that in the long period it will reduce the amount of stem cells. But i am ignorant on this subject i really don't know if this is something that could realistically happen. Would stem cells regenerate as they get used by the body? Or is there a limited number of stem cells and once they're gone they can't regenerate? Would a daily intake of cacao deplenish stem cells permanently? Or even just temporarely? Sorry if i bother. I ask because i'm currently consuming 30g of cacao daily (i'm addicted it's too good), so after this video i'm a bit worried about stem cells. I would appreciate any information i would really like to know more. Thank you for your videos they are always very useful!

Can you comment on heavy metal contamination from fertilizers and is this a potential source in the soil?

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If Heavy Medal concerns you, just take it off and put on some Mozart for cryin' out softly!

How about cocoa powder. In coffee? 1 teaspoon?

How the hell can a plant (cacao bean) have heavy metals in it when it grows from a seed? It is not like a Tuna that eats fish that eats smaller fish that eats smaller fish.

What about the high amount of oxalate? How to minimize that?

I'm having trouble finding a good DARK hot chocolate mix. Can you recommend some in particular, or do you make your DARK hot chocolate from solid chunks? Help please. How about a cooking demonstration?

What about baking cocoa? Does a person still reap the benefits from the polyphenols?

That's shocking

Bless you, Dr Li. I'm drinking my cacao ( a heaped teaspoonfull ) dissolved in a mug of warm skimmed milk with honey. Is that ok? I have it every morning. Hope it's ok. I can get 90% chocolate bar from Lindt that also has 100%. Thank you.

So I make my own dark chocolate with coconut oil, monk fruit & cocoa powder. Does that put me at higher risk? Should I buy organic cocoa powder?

I use powdered cacao for hot chocolate for breakfast. For the cacao Is this any better>

So if no levels of lead are considered safe than no dark chocolate or even milk chocolate would be safe to consume.

Does it have to be a beverage? like hot chocolate or can it be a piece of 90% cacao chocolate? and does it have to be hot chocolate or can it be cold?

Whats the best cacao powder to use for hot chocolate?

Thank you for a great video. I switched from dark chocolate to Navitas Organic 100% Cacao powder, unsweetened and not Dutch processed. Are there heavy metals in 100% Cacao powder? Thank you. Have a great day.

It’s like every day we learn a new way we are being poisoned for profit. Glad I rarely used nonstick pans. I never trusted them. We are also supposed to leave the room when we turn on the microwave. Gotta die of something! I do not regret one piece of chocolate I’ve eaten!!! 😝

what about cacao nibs and Lindt 100% cocoa dark chocolate candy bar?

How about cacao extract as supplement, does that contain heavy metals too?

Ok, so how much to digest daily???

Is Lindt 90% good

If you’ve ingested too many heavy metals, how do you go about removing them from your body naturally?

Can we eat dark chocolate straight away without putting into water? Does it still has the same benefit? Anyone can help answer me?

how about if someone has cancer. will this kakao makes the cancer worse since it will increase stem cell production?

Dr. Li I have been told to limit my oxalates and my beloved 92 percent has to many oxalates. Help!