Addiction to Cacao

One of the newest things I have found that is leading all the news is the addiction to Cacao. I myself have had problems. It causes my hands to shake, heart palpitations, irritability and headaches. And that is only after just a little bite! I was on Jingee and Storms website today when I read what they had to say about it:

8/31/08

20 Ways to tell if you are addicted to raw cacao:

1. You have raw cacao every day, sometimes more than once.

2. You blog and twitter about raw cacao daily.

3. You think you aren't addicted but you can't stop eating it because it gives you energy.

4. On days when you don't have raw cacao, you feel tired and lethargic.

5. On days when you don't have raw cacao, you feel foggy-brained.

6. You eat more and more raw cacao all the time.

7. After eating raw cacao you experience heart palpitations, increased heart rate or a pounding heart, and continue to eat it.

8. You can't sleep at night when you've eaten raw cacao that day.

9. You stay awake on raw cacao all night more than once a week.

10. You stay awake on raw cacao two or more nights in a row.

11. You feel dizzy after eating raw cacao, but continue to eat it.

12. You get migraine headaches from raw cacao, but continue to eat it.

13. You will leave your house just to buy raw cacao.

14. You eat raw cacao regularly and are gaining weight in tummy region for no good reason.

15. You eat raw cacao regularly and have lost interest in greens.

16. You kick raw cacao and then feel like its OK to eat it again.

17. You eat more than two tablespoons of raw cacao at one sitting.

18. You look depleted after eating raw cacao, and continue to eat it.

19. Your emotions become topsy turvy when you eat raw cacao, but you don't stop.

20. You realize raw cacao is bad for your body, but feel that you should be allowed one addiction, if its raw.

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