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Walk into any coffee shop today and you'll see it.

A lineup of comfort food calling your name. Looks innocent enough.

But under the surface?

A recipe for blood sugar spikes, hormone crashes, and long-term inflammation.

Most of these "morning treats" are made with refined flours, industrial oils, and more sugar than dessert.

And the ones claiming to be "grain-free" or "no added sugar" often aren't much better.



But just because traditional baked goods are off the menu...

Doesn't mean you have to swear off the treats you love forever.

You don't have to choose between your favorite comfort foods and your health.

You just have to choose the right versions.

The kind that support your blood sugar.

That work with your metabolism.

And taste every bit as indulgent as the originals.

So if you've been missing muffins, craving cake, or dreaming of warm, buttery bread...

You don't have to give them up.

See how you can bake your favorites in a healthier way-without the blood-sugar crash

Daniel








 

sted and ground cocoa beans that can be a liquid, solid, or paste, either by itself or to flavor other foods. Cocoa beans are the processed seeds of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao). They are usually fermented to develop the flavor, then dried, cleaned, and roasted. The shell is removed to reveal nibs, which are ground to chocolate liquor: unadulterated chocolate in rough form. The liquor can be processed to separate its two components, cocoa solids and cocoa butter, or shaped and sold as unsweetened baking chocolate. By adding sugar, sweetened chocolates are produced, which can be sold simply as dark chocolate, or, with the addition of milk, can be made into milk chocolate. Making milk chocolate with cocoa butter and without cocoa solids produces white chocolate.

Chocolate is one of the most popular food types and flavors in the world, and many foodstuffs involving chocolate exist, particularly desserts, including ice creams, cakes, mousse, and cookies. Many candies are filled with or coated with sweetened chocolate. Chocolate bars, either made of solid chocolate or other ingredients coated in chocolate, are eaten as snacks. Gifts of chocolate molded into different shapes (such as eggs, hearts, and coins) are traditional on certain Western holidays, including Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, and Hanukkah. Chocolate is also used in cold and hot beverages, such as chocolate milk, hot chocolate and chocolate liqueur.

The cacao tree was first used as a source for food in what is today Ecuador at least 5,300 years ago. Mesoamerican civilizations widely consumed cacao beverages, and in the 16th century, one of these beverages, chocolate, was introduced to Europe. Until the 19th century, chocolate was a drink consumed by societal elite. After then, technological and cocoa production changes led to chocolate becoming a solid, mass-consumed food. In the 21st century, cocoa beans for most chocolate are produced in West African countries, particularly Ivo