John of www.okraw.com shares his research about raw carob and shows them many different forms of carob including roasted, raw, really raw, chips and whole pods. He also shows Cacao and compares cacao to Carob.
In this day and age of cacao obsession, it's nice to see someone discuss carob, definitely a raw food powerhouse of nutrition and one of my culinary favorites...
Wow! I already liked carob a lot, but wanted to know more about it. I have a horrible migraines, when I eat chocolate, with all the accompanying symptoms: excruciating pain, aura, visual/audio disruptions and projectile "unpleasantness." I have a similar reaction to coffee, and anything else with caffeine in it, but chocolate is the absolute worst for me. Carob has been my go to replacement for a while, but NOW, I feel REALLY good about eating it! Thank you for this incredibly informative video.
John everytime I see you, you look younger and younger. Maybe thats why you eat raw food. Your actually a living example of how raw foods compares to cooked.
Cacao is very high in soluble fiber. It is not acidic either. What acidic minerals does it contain? Not many, they're all alkalizing (magnesium, iron, zinc and potassium). Carobs great too, but I don't see any reason why cacao needs to be vilified to try and raise carob up on a pedestal. There is not a single confirmed case of human theobromine poisoning from chocolate EVER. Sure it doesn't agree with some people, but raw garlic doesn't agree with everyone either.
Thank you. i love the thought you put into your videos - even my partner who is not raw, not vegan and hard to please has started watching you with great interest too.
I have been looking for carob in any form at the local health food stores and it has become a very, very rare commodity on the shelves. Sunspire makes a very delicious version of chips for baking, when you can find them. I have to stay away from cacao and other stimulants like caffeine to prevent my blood pressure from spiking. Theobromine raises my blood pressure - so it does cause problems - even in the context of chocolate foods.
i am from Cyprus and the people here we forgot about carop benfits ,but i still use it instead of nescafe or cacao in my milk ( hot milk) thank you for the video
Hey John, Time to update this video and do a tasting of a really true raw cacao seed - one with the actual sweet pulp still intact - not washed and stripped off! We have some if you like...
@XmortdreadX Some foods have to be cooked to be edible (e.g. beans), or to be sanitized (e.g. meat), other foods lose nutrients after cooking (e.g. vegetables).
Thank you for you videos! would be really nice if you make one video about How to make a Raw Syrup and raw powder of Raw Carob Pods.. that´s will be very useful for me and a lot of Raw Vegans .
As seen in the dictionary - the⋅o⋅bro⋅mine [thee-uh-broh-meen, -min] noun Pharmacology. a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, C7H8N4O2, an isomer of theophylline and lower homologue of caffeine, occurring in tea and obtained from the cacao bean: used chiefly as a diuretic, myocardial stimulant, and vasodilator.
Hi John, yesterday I went to the carob grove and assembled like 15 killograms of Carob to help me survive ther upcoming 3.5 years the Antichristian Totalitarian Marshal Law!
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