Raw Chocolate and Sleep

[sport]

It is now official as far as I am concerned.
Raw chocolate causes me to have a bad night. I had chocolate icecream at about 6.PM and thought that I was safe as the last time it had happened I had it at 9 PM and accepted the concequences.
One spoonfull of raw chocolate powder and I could not get to sleep. When I did get to sleep about 3AM I woke up about 4 times afterwards.
There is nothing else that has this effect on me. I was never a coffee drinker so I guess I just can not take any caffene and am getting more sensitive to it as I get cleaner.
Anyway I have discovered blueberry ice cream so all is not lost.

[mbf]

Please tell us what ingredients you are using to make raw chocolate or what it is you are eating? Is it the raw choco nibs?

Mara

[Conscious Midwife]

Hmmmm :confused:

Chocolate typically has the opposite effect on me. I guess the tryptophan overides the caffeine in my body.

[chilove]

Hello there,

I found raw cacao to be very stimulating! :-) I felt like I was high! LOL. You can use raw carob powder instead, it is chocolate-y and yummy and is not stimulating.

All the best,

Audrey
www.rawhealing.com

[sport]

Please tell us what ingredients you are using to make raw chocolate or what it is you are eating? Is it the raw choco nibs?

Mara
I buy raw chocolate powder from detoxyourworld. I have the nibs as well but never use them and probably never will. I also have the carob powder and mix the chocolate and the carob and then just add it to frozen bananas with just a dash of agave.
I will try the carob on it's own to see if I like it.
When I make raw chocolate I melt cacoa butter and add chocolate powder and carob powder and agave. Then I add chopped cashews and gogi berries. I have not made this for a few weeks now and will probably give it up as I am transitioning to 8 1 1.

[rawpriestess]

YEP, me too, I love raw cacao nibs, ground into powder in shakes and such, I used to eat the chocolate ice cream all the time, now if I have one, I'm up all night, so I usualy share one with a fiend, or else, I only have one or two bites, or I only have it in the am.

it's the thermobromine, or whatever that is, it is a stimulant, but then carrott juice does that to me. too. LOL

[Sunshine9]

Every body responds differently. Try it at different times of the day. Doesn't work for you at night? Don't eat it.

I find I can eat it whenever and it doesn't effect my sleep

[faith4u]

Hello there,

I found raw cacao to be very stimulating! :-) I felt like I was high! LOL. You can use raw carob powder instead, it is chocolate-y and yummy and is not stimulating.

All the best,

Audrey
www.rawhealing.com

Me too! In fact, when I would eat some in the morning by the time lunch time came around I was shaky and feeling terrible. It sure made me feel giddy and energetic though!

[spicyfull]

When I was younger I had no problem with Caffine. Now that I am older it might taste good but I can feel it kick in and I ask myself what the heck did you eat with caffine.................

[Narz]

I did an experiment and found that not eating chocolate had no effect on my insomnia. Actually my average sleep time while off cacao was probably slightly later (maybe 3:30AM on average as opposed to 3AM on cacao).