NEW DR. GUNDRY COCONUT CHOCOLATE BARS
First commercial application of Callebaut’s Acticoa™ Polyphenol Rich Dark Chocolate enrobing Functional Coconut Core with Tocopherols, Coffee Fruit Extract & Larch Arabinogalactan, delivering 11 grams Dietary Fiber & 3 grams Net Carbs
(Created by Innovitality Foods-Jimmy Schmidt)
Coming Soon:
Dr Gundry Coconut TURMERIC GINGER Bar
Coconut & Larch Arabinogalactan Filled
Cloaked with Dark Polyphenol Rich Acticoa Chocolate
Turmeric, Ginger, Coffee Fruit Extract & Tocopherols
Featuring 11g Dietary Fiber & 3g Net Carbs
Dr Gundry Coconut MATCHA GREEN TEA & MINT Bar
Coconut & Larch Arabinogalactan Filled
Cloaked with Dark Polyphenol Rich Acticoa Chocolate
Mint Scented with Matcha Green Tea, Coffee Fruit Extract & Tocopherols
Featuring 11g Dietary Fiber & 3g Net Carbs
Cocoa and Chocolate in Human Health
Chocolate and Cocoa contains more phenolic antioxidants than most foods. These Flavonoids, including catechin, epicatechin, and procyanidins predominate in antioxidant activity. The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of cocoa may directly influence insulin resistance and, in turn, reduce risk for diabetes. Cocoa can protect nerves from injury and inflammation, protect the skin from oxidative damage from UV radiation in topical preparations, and have beneficial effects on satiety, cognitive function, and mood.
Acticoa ™ cocoa powder are the result of years of intense research and development to retain the naturally occurring Flavonoids in cocoa beans, largely lost during conventional commercial production.
Coconuts are highly nutritious.
Unlike many other fruits that are high in carbs, coconuts provide mostly MCT fat which is very good for your body and brain. These medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) are directly metabolized into the body, quite differently than other types of fats, absorbing them directly from your small intestine and rapidly using them for energy.
They also contain protein, essential minerals of copper, manganese, selenium , and small amounts of B vitamins.
Coffee fruit extract may boost levels of a protein known to influence and support neurons and the central nervous system. This protein may increase levels of brain-derived-neurotrophic factor (BDNF) that influences nerve growth and support important role in learning, memory, mood and behavior.
Arabinogalactan is a starch-like chemical (novel immune enhancing polysaccharide) that is found in many plants. It is found in highest concentrations in larch trees and is commonly used in medicines for infections, including the common cold, flu, ear infections in children, HIV/AIDS, liver cancer, as well as a brain condition caused by liver damage (hepatic encephalopathy).
Larch arabinogalactan is a excellent source of dietary fiber that ferments in the intestine. It supports the increase of intestinal bacteria, such as Lactobacillus, with other effects that are beneficial to digestive tract health. Larch arabinogalactan is believed to stimulate natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxicity, which enhances and boosts other functional aspects of the immune system including inhibiting cancer growth.
Tocopherols are a class of organic chemical compounds which have vitamin E activity.
Tocopherols are fat-soluble antioxidants but also seem to have many other functions in the body especially a dietary fertility factor. They were given the name “tocopherol” from the Greek words tókos (birth), and phérein (to bear or carry) meaning in sum “to carry a pregnancy”
