CHOCOLATE CACAO AVOID
I tried raw cacao fruit, organic in season. I nibbled the sweet thin fruit membrane and sun dried the nuts within. Then I ground these nuts with fresh coconut milk for a raw chocolate drink - still a rise in blood pressure and headaches. By far and away the most difficult of my avoids to avoid is chocolate.


What about caffeine free chocolate? I tried carob and find the taste not to my liking. There are several chocolate products that are said to be caffeine free. This is too large an amount of caffeine to clear through a cystic liver and cystic kidneys. Chocolate even de-caf chocolate causes harm to cystic organs by increasing blood pressure; dehydration; increasing cyst growth and oftentimes resulting in a migraine headache not immediately but about 3-4 days later, usually when one has long forgotten that little smidgen of chocolate bite. Vegan carob crunch cookie from your local health food store might satisfy that chocolate habit, especially if it is sweetened with rice syrup.


carobD & D Chocolates has a carob line that appears interesting. They have an entire line of carob bon bon products. One day several of us tried sampling several of the organic chocolate bars made without milk or sugar. What I noticed is the combination of sugar and milk will bring on a headache faster than simple chocolate. And a sugar binge alone really brings on headaches, aches, tiredness the next day. In addition if the binge includes chocolate, there is a long lasting almost cluster migraine that will return 3 - 4 days lasting over several days.

AVOID 

YOO HOO bottled de caf chocolate drink caffeine free chocolate PKD available at warehouse stores. Yoohoo is said to be made from caffeine free chocolate, but it is not free of caffeine.
AVOID 

 Wonderslim Wondercocoa chocolate PKD wonderslim wondercocoacaffeine free chocolate powder for baking and drinking
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Made of 100% Roasted Cocoa Beans. Nothing added- no emulsifiers or alkali.
Vegan cocoa powder, nearly caffeine free. I use to make my husband hot fudge sauce using this product. Even he has noticed (no PKD or PLD) migraine headaches coming on about 3-5 days later. This too makes my blood pressure rise and gives me migraines.

AVOID Rich Ross White Chocolates, according to their web site: Caffeine free Ross white chocolate is the best sugar free Belgian white chocolate bar on the market. This delicious caffeine free white chocolate bar is for serious chocolate lovers. You don't have to sacrifice flavor to be caffeine free and low carb(2.9g).
If you are caffeine sensitive, the Ross white flavored bar is caffeine free. Order white chocolate bars that contain only 2.9g of carbohydrates. Caffeine is found naturally in the cocoa bean. Any product made with cocoa will have caffeine. Ross white chocolate bars do not contain cocoa mass, thus caffeine free. As comparison, one ounce of milk chocolate contains up to 15 milligrams of caffeine and one ounce of dark chocolate contains up to 35 milligrams of caffeine. This low carb white chocolate bar is also for anyone counting their carbohydrates for a protein diet or a low carb diet like Dr. Atkins diet. Because Ross white chocolate is sugarless, sweetened with Maliitol, Ross caffeine free white chocolate is diabetic friendly (always consult your physician first).
Since Ross white chocolate is sugar free, this caffeine free low carb chocolate bar is great for kids and are tooth friendly. I stay away from caffeine free chocolate. Apparently this small amount is enough to trigger a migraine and raise my blood pressure with my cystic liver or maybe there is something else in chocolate that causes this to happen?



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Last updated Fri April 4, 2008 8:11 AM

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