Which Chocolate Is The Healthiest? It's Not What You Think.

Welcome to @HealthyImmuneDoc
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The trauma of working in the frontlines as an acute and critical care Infectious Disease specialist during the chaos and stress of 2020-21, motivated Dr. Liu to promote practical health and wellness principles for her community.
HealthyImmuneDoc youtube channel is an extension of her education campaign to help people understand how to optimize immunity and inflammation and slow down premature aging caused by acute and chronic conditions.
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Dr. Liu’s Bio
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Dr. Liu is the co-founder of NACPro+, dedicated to optimizing immunity and wellness.
Dr. Liu graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1998 and is Double Boarded in Infectious Disease and Internal Medicine. She is licensed in the state of California.
This channel is separate from Dr. Liu’s duties as Attending Medical Staff @ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and as Assistant Professor at Loma Linda University School of Medicine. The views on this channel are her own.

VIDEO TOPICS:
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00:00 Introduction
01:06 High In Both Lead & Cadmium
01:22 Types of Chocolate
01:44 Definition and History
02:09 Hot Chocolate
02:53 Nestle & Lindt
03:21 Cadmium
06:46 Calcium
08:28 Preventing Cadmium Absorption
09:20 Chocolate High in Cadmium
09:42 Low Cadmium Chocolate Bar
09:55 Chocolate High in Lead
10:11 Lead Sources
10:30 Chocolate Low in Lead
10:58 Cocoa Nibs
11:44 Caffeine
12:00 Production of The Types of Chocolate
12:24 Improvements in Peripheral Artery Disease
12:59 Mitochondria Health
14:28 Weight Loss
16:03 Cholesterol & Heart Disease
16:14 Chocolate with High Flavanols
16:51 Chocolate Chips with Lower Heavy Metals
17:02 Hot Chocolate

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Sorry, occupational hazard: This is NOT medical advice, nor can I give you medical advice. I AM NOT YOUR DOCTOR. This video does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Liu and you. Everything here is for general informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing medical advice. Information in this video is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice and it should not be used to self-diagnose nor should it substitute for a medical exam, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or other recommendations by a professional medical doctor. You should not make any changes in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice from health care professionals for any medical condition.
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Bottom line:
Low Cadmium Chocolate Bars: 9:42
Chocolate bars Low in Lead: 10:30

[lisengel]

Note- chocolate from West Africa has much less cadmium and you have to Block cadmium absorbtion by having enough of fiber, calcium, zink, iron and magnesium and according to this you can choose one Dark chocolate Montezumas Dark chocolate with 100 % Cocoa and 0 gr - 0, 06 microgr cadmium per gram - 3 teaspoon of Cocoa powder can be beneficial for older people - the. Itochondria Work better and they get more mitochondria … choose Cocoa powder with high flavonoids and low cadmium e.g. Good & Gather unsweetened cacao powder….

[sharionboyd]

I just came upon u and I hv been studying cocoa powder. Right on time. May U continue educating the masses- 1 person saved frm poor health is worth it.

[hartmutneuendorf]

I'm living in philippines and I have a farm and have one cacao tree! I'm a cacao lover! There is a difference between Cacao and Cocoa!

[lgflanang]

Am 76 yo and have been having cacao drink since childhood. Did not have or have health issues. No maintenance pills, sleeps good and still work my farm. This reminds me of the assault on coconuts, oil and all.

[Danie]

I agree 100%, fortunately here in Switzerland we have a small manufacturing who started to produce chocolate all new way with cold extraction so all the flavonol is kept. It is called Oro de Cacao and it is organic.

[arosalesmusic]

I am Nicaraguan and it is in our heritage to drink cacao in powdery form, in fact we used to make it. I have no problems healthwise. The best Cacao is Central American.

[Dolphin_]

I drink Navitas Organic 100% Cacao powder, sugar-free and unsweetened. One tablespoon mixed in a tall glass of cold water. I love the bitter taste. It's also very low in carbohydrates, ketogenic friendly. I drink it every day.

[yangbaohui]

I need to watch every one of your videos at least twice to absorb all the valuable information! I wish you are my doctor ❤

[gladysma]

9:62 Lindt is also on the cadmium table near to the bottom, 10:30 low lead brands 16:29

[lrduff]

Good information, but very discouraging. I have tried to choose dark chocolate (cacao, not cocoa) without sugar, or low glycemic (like coconut sugar), and eat sparingly. I have hypoglycemia, and want to avoid diabetes or pre diabetes. I wasn't considering heavy metals like lead and cadmium.

And, the info is valuable, but I hope you consider slowing down the pace of delivery; too much, too fast. A slight pause between new facts would help. But we can pause and replay.

[patriciaort]

The lists don't stay up long enough to read. This may be easy to pause and read on a computer, but is much harder on a phone.

[ellieteo]

Appreciate your sharing, Dr Liu. Could we have a list of what chocolates and cocoa powders to buy/eat? Your video kinda zoomed pass everything like a bullet train.

[andrewatherton]

I like the way you give us the full story of things and not just a basic one sided point of view.

[maryzirkle]

Thank you so much for advising and warning us about the dangers of dark chocolate. There are so many YouTube videos that make it look like dark chocolate is very good for you with no danger of heavy metals. Thank you so much for the warning and advice.

[nikki-xvpy]

I just bought lots of Ghirardelli’s 100% dark chocolate. Not sure how good or bad about this kind but I have learned on line that this one contained less leads

[DavidBausch]

Container Grow cocoa plant in organic soil with no heavy metals

[lisevail]

I read the Consumer Reports article some months ago, and ended up buying 1 of the low lead/cadmium dark chocolate bars—Ghirardelli 72% Cacao Intense Dark Chocolate. Very good.😋 Curiously, it seems to reduce my cravings for chocolate. Now I’m wondering which cocoa powder to use for baking. The CR article didn’t test all chocolate products, so I hope the research continues.🌺

[inspirationalkidneyhealthcoach]

As a child we grew Cacoa bean and made it from scratch using mortar and pestle. We were never sick😊

[collegestatistics]

I'm a chocolate lover. I think there should be some kind of a non-profit chocolate monitoring group (CMG) who regularly tests the different brands for heavy metals and other contaminants. Maybe we could crowd-source this project? After all, the health benefits of chocolate are well-documented.