essanews.com on MSN7d
Cacao beans: The tiny powerhouse fighting aging and boosting bones
Just five cacao beans a day—that's all you need to help your body fight aging and maintain healthy bones. These small yet ...
Salon25d
Sweet and irresistible: The history of how chocolate and romance became linked
Despite his great love for Aztec chocolate, he still managed to share some of his cacao beans with his military. In Aztec culture, cacao beans were believed to be a gift from the gods. The beans ...
BBC5y
A brief history of chocolate
To them, cacao beans were more valuable than gold. Next time someone says money doesn’t grow on trees, you’ll know what to tell them. The Aztec word for the bitter drink is ‘xocolatl ...