Is there such a thing as healthy chocolate?

One of the first things I did when I wanted to loose weight was to restrict the amount of chocolate I allowed myself to eat. I cannot tell you how many days I sat there with visions of chocolate candy, chocolate milk and chocolate shakes running through my mind. Never did I dream that chocolate could be a good part of your diet or that it could actually help you loose weight.

Xocai is a healthy chocolate. Xocai products are produced with cold processed, non-alkalized, non-lecithinized cacao powder. They are then combined with the acai berry and blueberry. By combining these ingredients in their natural state, you have a delicious chocolate loaded with antioxidants.

The chocolate you find in the grocery store uses heat processed cocoa powder. It also adds in processed sugars, bad fats, fillers, waxes, preservatives and loads of calories. Those are the things that you don't want in your chocolate! Xocai uses cold-processed Belgian cocoa powder. Xocai is diabetic friendly, high in fiber, and caffeine free. It boosts your sense of well being and increases your energy. Who couldn't use a little bit more of that in their diet?

Xocai comes in a variety of different forms. You can purchase a High Antioxidant Meal Replacement Shake and enjoy the world's first cacao-based high antioxidant, high flavanoid, high-protein meal replacement option. Simply replace one or two meals a day with one of these shakes to use in a weight loss diet.

If you're not interested in meal replacement, you can still enjoy the Xocai healthy chocolate by enjoying their candy. Xocai comes in X Power Squares, Nuggets, Omega Squares and XoBiotic squares. The X Power squares are the highest in ORAC which is the scale the USDA uses to measure the antioxidant fighting activity of different foods against one of the major free radicals in the body. The Xocai Nuggets are extremely high in cocoa powder and combines the flavors of dark chocolate with acai berry and blueberry. The Omega squares are formulated to provide the essential fatty acids from acai berry, flaxseed and a patented, plant based Omega 3. The XoBiotic squares provide the probiotics needed by the 95 million Americans who suffer from digestive problems.

Now here's the best part of the Xocai chocolate in my mind. The ORAC value of 3 squares of Xocai X Power squares is equal to 6.5 lbs of tomatoes or 1.6 lbs of spinach or .4 lb of blueberries. There is a healthy chocolate!

We had the opportunity to sample one piece of each kind of Xocai chocolate candy. Marty is a huge dark chocolate fan as well as a diabetic who needs to loose weight so I was very interested to see if he would enjoy these. Marty is not a fan of fruits and veggies and looked at the chocolate suspiciously until I promised him that it was just regular dark chocolate (sshh our secret). After tasting the first candy, he was thrilled to find that it was delicious and (in his words) "one of the best dark chocolates I've tried"

It is recommended that you eat three to five pieces of the Xocai chocolate per day to achieve optimal health benefits. One nugget is one serving and worth 2 Weight Watchers points per nugget. One serving of the squares is three pieces and varies from 2 to 4 Weight Watchers points per serving. If you love chocolate and are trying to loose weight and get healthier, I'd definitely say go with Xocai as a healthier chocolate.

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As required by the FTC: I received a product sample in order to write my review.  I received no monetary compensation.  All opinions expressed are mine and mine alone.