Hi Bora,

I hope you don't mind input from others on this. I just wanted to say I have heard about coffee intake going down as a result of PATHS use in more than one case.

Also I can't resist, since you brought it up :

I LOVE COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


XO Jessica

Hi Bora,

I love chocolate and coffee. I am normally a green tea drinker and only drink coffee on road trips as a functional beverage to keep me awake. With chocolate, I love dark chocolate...the real stuff like 70%+ chocolate instead of chocolate flavored sugar like most commercial "chocolates."

I would imagine the stimulating properties would work against a module like the just relax module or even the sleep module is consumed too late.

Some people who have a tendency to be a little springy using the mood module to level them out may find the mood module isn't as effective in balancing them out if they are drinking too much coffee or eating too much chocolate.

The anti-oxidant module works by getting the body to move towards a more alkaline level and not by suddenly having an abundance of electrons mysteriously appear in the body like a typical anti-oxidant..the module works to accomplish the bottom line benefit of anti-oxidants. With coffee being very acidic, it can probably help defeat the benefits of this module. Also with the high acid nature of the coffee, it will probably help work against skin module and so on.

It takes quite a few glasses of water to neutralize the acid of one cup of coffee...even if you drink decaff (which really means low caffeine), you are still drinking high acid content. Also, if you drink decaff try to get organic or swiss water processed because many large coffee companies use formaldehyde in the process to decaffeinate.

If you add milk to coffee, that can help to reduce the acidicness.

I think if you're eating real chocolate with high % of real chocolate, you're probably ok as it is very healthy. Not everyone will be super stimulated by chocolate and at least if it is real chocolate, there there isn't much room for much sugar to be added.

Those are a few random things on the top of my mind on this for now

I think some others may be able to share their experience.

Well at least the chocolate part of the conversation...

I am with Aaron on the real dark chocolate... Besides being very low on sugar, it also only takes a square to satisfy. My kids and I will take a single square and nibble it... savoring every little tiny bite. Less than an ounce is like a whole dinner dessert! It is awesome....

I keep around my house all the time... Unlike the cheap sugar chocolate candy that the kids and adults alike will devour in a blink and crave more... The dark 70% Cacao chocolate is something you just sit and enjoy savoring every little tiny bite... It is an experience! One little square... ok maybe two squares if it has been a day and a half... Okay I love my dark chocolate! If it is your first time and you are use to the milk chocolate and sugar... then start off with a 60% Cacoa, and then work your way up to the serious dark 70% cacao Chocolate. I avoid the mint and other flavored dark chocolates I assume they are just adding sugar to get the flavor... and why ruin Perfect chocolate...

Ok on the coffee subject... NO THANKS! Never drink the stuff, Never liked it!

Blessings zartgirl Sallyjane

Hi Bora,

Very interesting!

With coffee, I don't know so much that it provides free radicals as some claims it is an antioxidant itself, but if so, being so acidic makes that self-defeating it seems.

Wow, I've just realised the uncanny and unlikely transformation in me regarding chocolate in particular.
Coffee, for a long time now I've only drunk when out at a coffee bar or after a meal, and then, black filter. But, although I never drink coffee at home (weird that - I just never feel like it at home, even when my partner makes fresh filter coffee), I used to love instant coffee when rehearsing (yeah, no idea why - association I guess). I've just realised that at my recent rehearsals I'm only drinking water (and occassionally a little diet coke I know, I know - I'm getting out of that now )

But CHOCOLATE!!! Well.... I've always loved dark chocolate as well, but also certain chocolate bars that happened to be milk (yes, the really commercial unhealthy ones lol), and I ate at least a couple a day.
However, for the last few months, since Paths, I just don't feel like it!! And we've had chocolate (including dark chocolate) in the fridge, as well as a variety of chocolates around the house (my partner still loves chocolate) for a long time now, and I just don't fancy it!

My favourite thing used to be a piece of dark chocolate eaten in between sips of strong, black, unsweetened, filter coffee.

How fun this is, to not even miss it now

Thank You Paths!

Love and Light and Magic xxx