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Hello,
Ironically I just spent the weekend listening to David Wolfe speak about his take on Raw foods. He is rather pro-active when it comes to consuming cacao. From what I saw of his photos on his Kuaui cacao farm the fruit surrounding the nut is a white substance and the nut comes in various colors. I imagine the cacao butter is made from that pulp surrounding the seed inside the skin combined with an extraction of oil from the nut. I was eating seeds all weekend and they were in their natural state raw and dark brown.
David shared a story with us about an elder from South America who said the Cacao tree fruit was so potent it could be survived on exclusively! In it's natural form it has an extremely high content of antioxidants. Chocolate in a candy bar style is not the same thing and has typically been stripped of it's good. In Mexico the Cacao nut was used as currency I believe in the 1930's for it's high value.
Currently I have raw cacao nibs on my shelf that are brown. I don't think raw cacao nibs are available white. I have never seen them that way & have shopped around.
I do agree with MH that eating locally makes sense yet these days too many of us live in climates colder than nature intended for. Super foods which is what cacao is categorized as by DW is a way to deal with eating RAW outside of our proper climates. Anything colder than 60 degrees is not ideal. If we were following nature we would migrate when the temp. went below 60.
If you want to learn more about Cacao just google David Wolfe. He is really into this nut and has a lot of interesting information about it. There are videos on youtube.com with him speaking about it as well.
I will say I've seen multiple raw foodists over the last 20 years and DW looks incredibly healthy. He has a high energy field, his skin looks good, and he has practiced this way of eating for 18 years. He is a man that actually walks his talk and the proof of his actions shows by his knowledge, exuberance and passion to educate others on choosing a RAW cuisine.
By the way he was barefoot all day during his lecture even on a cold tile floor.