Vanessa's Love Letter to Cacao

​​​​When "The Food of the Gods" Theobroma Cacao entered my life, it ignited so much within me that at times I feel almost unable to explain its majesty in words. With Valentine's Day approaching, and Team Gnosis in full gear making love-filled chocolate for your sweethearts, I'd like to make an attempt. 

Here is the essence: within each Cacao Bean there is a magnificent power that triggers the purest, deepest opening of the heart. That power literally opens the capillaries and arteries, allowing our heart to pump more blood throughout our body. This vasodilative quality of Cacao delivers all of its components - and the medicinal herbs Gnosis infuses in our products - through our system with added potency.

This is one of the reasons why Chocolate is such an exquisite delivery system for medicines. It is also why Chocolate is known to be heart-healthy, along with the palmitic, stearic, and oleic acids which make up the lush butter within the Cacao Bean. Dazzling quantities of Antioxidants, Magnesium, Iron, and other minerals and flavonoids infuse health to our system - hungry after years of white bread and sugar.

Physical health begets emotional health - which engenders healthy relationships and a deep Satisfaction.

But these visceral effects actually lie on the outskirts of Cacao's power to ignite Love within us. Once Cacao has widened the channels to receive and nourish, it then reveals its true potency. The universe contained within a single Cacao Bean is more complex than many entire botanical families. By simply allowing a luscious, velvety, rich morsel of Chocolate to melt on our tongue, we have access to an unrivaled source of Theobromine, Anandamide, Serotonin, Phenylethylamine, Tryptophan, and a host of other compounds which trigger the release of endorphins and compounds which our body translates directly into an emotion - Love. When these compounds couple with their counterparts in your system, your natural essence is amplified - your ability to be in Bliss is magnified.

The Cacao Bean is where Nature and the Divine have met, and together lead you to fulfill your ultimate potential on this earth - which is to Love with all your being. If love is the only gold and Chocolate leads to it, then Cacao is a ticket to all the riches imaginable.