Stimulants and Memory

[mccoy]

I was lucky I never felt any need for meat after suddenly quitting. Maybe the brain recognized it was not a food my system would tolerate. I also quit fish because I liked to see it swimming in water rather than dead on a plate. But I ate liberal amounts of cheese, usually.

Also, I totally ruled out cacao, coffee, and alcohol and went on like that for decades.

[Jitendra Hydonus]

I was lucky I never felt any need for meat after suddenly quitting. Maybe the brain recognized it was not a food my system would tolerate. I also quit fish because I liked to see it swimming in water rather than dead on a plate. But I ate liberal amounts of cheese, usually.

Also, I totally ruled out cacao, coffee, and alcohol and went on like that for decades.

Sometimes we make a return to some of our innocence. I hope that is what I’m doing Lucca. Recently i’ve found that some secular music I have loved is now at time’s taking my vibration down, and when I listen to the words I can see that many popular singers and writers of music and lyrics have bouts of depression. I am watching my moods when it comes to foods as well. Some drinks I’ve gotten used to I have lately found to be somewhat of a lower vibration and I’m attempting to keep my spirits high at all times. So I’ve curbed cocoa, coffee and too almost a standstill. Just experimenting and glad to hear your feedback mccoy. The only thing I find myself drinking when it comes to dairy products is milk in smoothies and kefir with all the cultures. Even some people that used to stimulate me I find that it’s ok to let them stay at a distance.

[Jitendra Hydonus]

“A lot of people may hate me, after saying this…”

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[mccoy]

I was lucky I never felt any need for meat after suddenly quitting. Maybe the brain recognized it was not a food my system would tolerate. I also quit fish because I liked to see it swimming in water rather than dead on a plate. But I ate liberal amounts of cheese, usually.

Also, I totally ruled out cacao, coffee, and alcohol and went on like that for decades.

Sometimes we make a return to some of our innocence. I hope that is what I’m doing Lucca. Recently i’ve found that some secular music I have loved is now at time’s taking my vibration down, and when I listen to the words I can see that many popular singers and writers of music and lyrics have bouts of depression. I am watching my moods when it comes to foods as well. Some drinks I’ve gotten used to I have lately found to be somewhat of a lower vibration and I’m attempting to keep my spirits high at all times. So I’ve curbed cocoa, coffee and too almost a standstill. Just experimenting and glad to hear your feedback mccoy. The only thing I find myself drinking when it comes to dairy products is milk in smoothies and kefir with all the cultures. Even some people that used to stimulate me I find that it’s ok to let them stay at a distance.

Evidently, that's a phase in your development where you need, metaphorically speaking, to view your mind in a state of calmness, as viewing the flat extent of the sea in a day without any wind or breeze.

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Is cocoa also deleterious to memory or our physical bodies?

I was lucky I never felt any need for meat after suddenly quitting. Maybe the brain recognized it was not a food my system would tolerate. I also quit fish because I liked to see it swimming in water rather than dead on a plate. But I ate liberal amounts of cheese, usually.

Also, I totally ruled out cacao, coffee, and alcohol and went on like that for decades.

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10 Health and Nutrition Benefits of Cocoa Powder

Medically reviewed by Imashi Fernando, MS, RDN, CDCES — By Elise Mandl, BSc, Msc, APD — Updated on May 22, 2023
Health benefits of cocoa include decreased inflammation, improved heart and brain health, and blood sugar and weight control.

Cocoa is thought to have first been used by the Maya civilization of Central America.

It was introduced to Europe by Spanish conquerors in the 16th century and quickly became popular as a health-promoting medicine.

Cocoa powder is made by crushing cocoa beans and removing the fat or cocoa butter.

Today, cocoa is most famous for its role in chocolate production. However, modern research has revealed that it does indeed contain important compounds that can benefit your health.

Here are 11 health and nutrition benefits of cocoa powder.

[mccoy]

Yes, cocoa has so many beneficial properties, the main one in my opinion being the cardio-vascular protection bestowed by the compound called (-)-epicatechin (high in untreated/undutched cacao powders)..

On top of that, it emanates sattvic vibrations, in drinks prepared with water, unprocessed cacao powder, vanilla, a little milk, honey or eritritol.

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Yes, cocoa has so many beneficial properties, the main one in my opinion being the cardio-vascular protection bestowed by the compound called (-)-epicatechin (high in untreated/undutched cacao powders)..

On top of that, it emanates sattvic vibrations, in drinks prepared with water, unprocessed cacao powder, vanilla, a little milk, honey or eritritol.

Recently i made the determination to quit caffeine in coffee completely as a more or less experiment with Yogananda's teachings to eliminate caffeine to increase memory. It appears to me from the comments  mccoy has made that cocoa has enough beneficial qualities to not consider deleting it from my diet, besides it is not something i indulge in constantly to be a factor of concern for me. I'm not a scientist so I'm not embarked on an empirical study. i believe there are other variables that a scientist may not even warrant being factors that could confound such studies. As an example; current astrological transits of planets. I will say this though recently i have had many clear experiences of my teen age years. And my attempts to understand my own behaviors and how they arose. As spiritual aspirants from previous incarnations we may have found ourselves questioning a lot of things including the training or educational experiences we were getting at an early age. In hindsight, they were not ideal in any sense of the word, nor were my reactions to them.