Queen of Chocolate Online

I have borrowed this article from Dr Steve Warren, validating voice of Xocai Healthy Chocolate. His website can be found at www.mydrchocolate.com

Good Chocolate vs Bad Chocolate

Over the centuries, chocolate has come full circle. Most of the modern world currently views chocolate as a tasty but quite unhealthy indulgence meant for only occasional consumption. But health-conscious consumers are now learning that dark chocolate, devoid of some of the unhealthful ingredients usually paired with it in confectionary products, possesses some impressive health properties.

Scientists are rediscovering what ancient Mesoamericans knew centuries ago: chocolate can be very good for you. It may have been cultivated for over two thousand years, but in the last five years science has finally begun to discover the actual health benefits of cocoa. Research is just beginning and is especially promising in the area of phytonutrients, polyphenols, and flavonoids.

However, not all chocolate is created equal. Most candy bars and chocolate foods commonly found in grocery stores are not what you’re looking for.

These are typically high in refined (white) sugar, milk fats, and hydrogenated oils—ingredients that replace the truly healthful nutrients found in cocoa.

It’s important to remember that what makes chocolate healthy is the chocolate itself—that is, the pure cocoa that comes from the bean of the cacao plant. Studies confirm that the chocolate products with the highest levels of polyphenols and procyanidins should contain at least 70 percent pure cocoa powder.

What this means is that, while it’s not necessarily bad to have “milk” chocolate, which contains a higher percentage of cream or milk, the more pure cocoa the chocolate contains, the more beneficial it will be. Bitter is better.

Also, many chocolate confections are processed using a procedure known as “Dutching,” which neutralizes the chocolate’s acidic flavor and modifies its color by adding alkali-potash to the cocoa nibs before roasting.

However, this alkalinization process also removes most of the chocolate’s natural polyphenols. Another process commonly used by confectioners that can damage cocoa’s healthy nutrients is roasting: when chocolate is prepared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, its antioxidant compounds are destroyed.

So when looking for a healthy chocolate product, look for a dark chocolate product with the following properties:

So when looking for a healthy chocolate product, look for a dark chocolate product with the following properties:

• Has not been alkalized.
• Has been dried and cool-pressed rather than roasted.
• Consists of at least 70 percent pure cocoa.
• Contains cocoa butter instead of milk fats or hydrogenated oils.
• Contains natural, low-glycemic sweeteners—such as raw cane—rather than refined sugar.

By Dr Steve Warren of www.mydrchocolate.com

This is what I really love about Xocai Healthy Chocolate. It meets all of the above criteria and it tastes fantastic. It is truly the world’s first anti-oxidant chocolate.

Xocai Healthy Anti-Oxidant Chocolate

The new things that are coming from the company are also truly amazing. They have just launched a “Sipping Chocolate” and there are plans for skincare based around chocolate (can’t wait!!!) and for the world’s first Pro-Biotic chocolate.

Mmmmm, I love that idea! Eat healthy chocolate, get tons of anti-oxidants (so live longer), lose weight and do your digestion a power of good!

Other Healthy Chocolates on the market.

I was quite amazed when I started to look at other so called “Healthy Chocolates” and found how much of them you have to eat to get the same anti-oxidants as you do from 3 squares of Xocai.

Take a look at the comparisons!

I really love the Xocai Healthy Chocolate and I can’t wait for MXI corp to launch in the UK.

With abundant blessings.

Amanda Goldston

We had a terrific call/webinar yesterday evening with our upline and also with Jeanette and Andrew Brooks, founders of MXI corp.

Everyone is very excited about Xocai coming to the UK.

Jeanette was fabulous. She is so passionate about healthy chocolate and about the potential for the UK and European markets.

Andrew, who handles more of the logistics of the operation was also extremely informative about some of the specifics for the UK market.

You can hear the full call by clicking on the link below:

UK Xocai opportunity call with Andrew and Jeanette Brooks.

They seem to be expecting GREAT things of the UK and I am so delighted to be at the forefront of it all.

Some of the points:
1) There will be a UK specific information website in the next few days detailing all the DOs and DON’Ts and the CANs and CAN’Ts
2) Products and Packaging are in the final stages of approval.
3) There will be UK warehousing and distribution- so we should be able to collect products from the warehouse or have them shipped to us.
4) Pricing is likely to be in $USD to start with. Exact prices are as yet unknown as the company has to take account of costs, import duties, taxes, VAT etc
5) Customer service will probably be from the USA to start with
6) Launch date is set for 30th January 2009, and will probably be a weekend event.

More information to follow shortly.
With abundant blessings.
Amanda Goldston

Yippee!

My weight has started to come off again. It had sort of settled around 14lbs (one stone), although I have noticed a big difference in the fat around my face, my knees and my wrist.

To date, I have lost 17lbs in weight, 2″ off my bust, 4″ off my waist and 2″ off my hips and I am delighted. I know it is not just water and fluid loss because I am not gaining weight around the time of the month.

Amanda Goldston 12th October 2008, 17lbs lost so far

When you compare this to where I started 3 months ago, you can really see the difference.

This has also been confirmed by my Personal Tape Measure, aka my husband Greg. He seems to be quite impressed with the “New Woman” he now has as his wife!

This has got to be the most fun I have ever had in my attempts to lose weight.

Eating Healthy Chocolate from Xocai and Losing Weight! I really am in Heaven!

I have had absolutely NO desire for any shop-bought sweets, candies, confectionery or other chocolate. A couple of weeks ago, the girls made a Harriet the Hedgehog Chocolate Cake as part of our home education curriculum. I had a couple of the chocolate buttons on the top and thought “Yuk, they are sweet and waxy and greasy”.

Amanda Goldston, after losing 17lbs, eating Healthy Chocolate from Xocai

For the first time in my life Chocolate is my FRIEND in my weight loss instead of my Enemy. I feel so much better, I have got more energy, I am sleeping better and my moods and emotions have evened out.

I am living proof that you can EAT HEALTHY CHOCOLATE and LOSE WEIGHT!

With abundant blessings.

Amanda Goldston

I am sure you have noticed that there is a lot of fear and worry around us in the world at the moment. The media is screaming “doom and gloom” at us.

However, there are some businesses and industries that seem to positively thrive in times of uncertainty- or dare I even say “Recession”.

Two of these things are so-called “comfort-foods” such as candy or chocolate and home-based businesses, as people try to find ways to bring in extra income.

Chocolate Companies Increase in Sales

Chocolate retailers have been reporting massive growth in sales. In the UK, Thorntons Chocolate company reported a 20% increase in annual profits.

Healthy Chocolate manufacturer and distributor MXI corp, the makers of Xocai Healthy Chocolate (which has helped me to lose 17 lbs and 8″ off my body in the last 2 months) is on target to turn over $7,000,000 USD in October 2008.

Healthy Chocolate

When times get tough many people reach for the chocolate and candies and sweet stuff  or crisps, potato chips or other junk as a way of compensating for not feeling particularly great about themselves or life in general.

I know. I did that for years and that was one of the biggest contributors to my huge weight problem. For me it was  a cycle of GET STRESSED= EAT CHOCOLATE and JUNK= PUT ON WEIGHT= FEEL BAD= EAT MORE.

I have now broken that cycle and HEALTHY CHOCOLATE is my friend.

What an opportunity!

Network Marketing- Boom Industry

Here is an excellent article written right before the last US recession in April of 2000. I think you will see from reading this article that business is going to be great for the foreseeable future. Yes, we are in the right business at the right time. Lets all go out this weekend and make a difference and build businesses and futures together.

Hot Times Ahead
WHEN RECESSION HITS THE ECONOMY, NETWORK MARKETING BOOMS
By ROD COOK

If you’re in network marketing, there’s good news, and there’s bad news - and the great news is that, for you, they’re both good news.

State of the Industry In good economic times, people are less interested in career alternatives, but they can more easily afford to buy more consumer goods. In bad times, they crave new business opportunities. Today, we could soon be facing global recession - and tremendous worldwide opportunities for you.

The global economy is cracking apart worldwide. Russia is suffering continuous political and economic crisis. The Asian nations, including the financial powerhouse that was Japan, are still shaky. Meanwhile, in the U.S., no signs point to a recession - yet. Hasn’t this always been the case toward the end of a boom in the financial cycle?

Worldwide, people are beginning to worry. Once they start worrying, they quit spending money. This “psychology of fear” fuels a recession. I’m not saying there is going to be a depression, which is much worse than a recession. What I am predicting, based on surveys conducted by our company (which have proved exceedingly accurate over the past 10 years), is higher unemployment and underemployment - people forced to work for less money than their qualifications would warrant.

Our Countercyclical Business

General economic theory holds that there tends to be a recession about every eight years. The entire history of the modern United States reflects this boom-and-bust cycle. Consistently, network marketing has grown during the “down” periods.

The oldest network marketing company we can track is the marine-vegetable (seaweed) supplement company Wachter’s, which started in 1937 near the bottom of the Great Depression. Nutrilite took off in 1945 during the economic decline immediately following World War II. Shaklee and Neolife fared well in the post-Korean War slump. Amway got a good start building with the slump in 1958. Mary Kay started with the downturn in the 1960s. This theory held true in 1992 when Alliance, Kaire, Life Plus, and a number of other companies started up and entered their own boom period.

When recession hits, those with any intelligence are going to scramble to find alternative sources of income. In their frantic searches, they are going to find that the best of all alternatives is network marketing.
Understanding the relationship between low-cost entrepreneurship and economics is important. During the past few years, the world economic boom has made people complacent. In the U.S., the jobless rate dropped to all-time lows of less than five percent. People had to be sick, lame, or lazy not to get a job. Hamburger flippers got higher-paying jobs, such as assembling computers, and their incomes rose. Rather than looking for an alternative to a job or seeking extra income, these folks sat around and watched television.

When recession hits, those with any intelligence are going to scramble to find alternative sources of income. In their frantic searches, they are going to find that the best of all alternatives is network marketing.

In the graph, we show the increase in growth of several major network marketing companies operating during the recession of 1973-75. You will note that the companies were not doing badly when the recession started. They had a fair amount of growth. However, when the recession came, they took off like rockets!

Even after the recession, their growth rates remained higher than they were before the recession. This was probably due to two reasons. First, the memory of the recession lingered in people’s minds. Second, there was now a larger distributor base, recruiting more new people.

Another factor that will fuel the growth in network marketing is that many Baby Boomers have put their life savings into the stock market. With the market’s recent upward spiral, many Baby Boomers have resumed their high-flying, fast-spending ways and have meager savings except for stocks. With the inevitable, cyclical decline of the stock market, they will see their retirement plan funds lose 25 to 50 percent in value. Panic will follow. Baby Boomers with sense will be looking for secondary ways to build a residual retirement income.

State of the Industry Grab your hat and prepare for the next boom in network marketing. If you are a newcomer, study the industry closely (and quickly). If you are an old-timer, get out your contact lists for the last two or three years. In a recession, they will be solid gold! All you have to do is get out there and help people out of their economic duress.

Now is the best time to grow your network marketing business. Whether you are a veteran or a beginning network marketer, the future is bright. Soon consumers will be looking for the best quality at the best prices. Where do they find it? Often in the quality products offered by network marketing companies.

Recession causes people to open their minds to gaining alternative sources of income. If they are still employed, they are worrying about the possibility of losing their jobs or having them downgraded. If they are unemployed, they are seeking ways to build their income without spending large amounts of money to start another business.

Network marketing is the ultimate “recession-proofing” for your economic life. When you combine that with the World’s number one favourite food- CHOCOLATE, (and especially healthy chocolate) that is a powerful recipe for Success.

Please check it out.

Healthy Chocolate Business.

Have a wonderful day.

Amanda Goldston

Quuen of Chocolate Online

Hi
I have to say that since I started eating Xocai Healthy Chocolate, some pretty strange things have happened to me.

1) My desire for sugary stuff has diminished enormously. Only 3 months ago, my girls and I ate a Kilogram (2.2lbs) bar of chocolate in about an hour and were craving more. Although we did laugh at whoever put a “re-seal” tag on the bar of chocolate. Was there supposed to be any left to “re-seal”?

A couple of weeks ago I went for lunch with a friend and as I was paying the bill, she made a remark about the big bags of chocolate on the shelf. I turned to look. I had not even seen them, yet my elbow was virtually touching them.

Last week I went to a Costa Coffee and looked all along the counter at the cakes and pastries, with the question in my mind of “which cake shall I have with my latte?” I looked up and down the counter and thought to myself “Nothing I really fancy” and just ordered a coffee.

These are most unheard of things. I have never been able to do that, ever. Or if I have, it has been on the back of a monumental effort of will-power.

2) I have found I am pushing my plate away- with food still on it!!!! My body seems to be telling me when it has had enough food. I could never hear that before.

3) Fat loss in surprising places. Although my weight has not reduced by much more, fat seems to have fallen off me. As you can see from the photo with top Xocai distributor Paul Engemann, my face and neck have got thinner and my waist has reduced.

I have also lost weight around my wrist and my calves.

I have a bracelet I have been wearing for a couple of months, which was tight on my wrist when I first got it and now I can get 3 fingers between the bracelet and my wrist.

I have so much more energy since I started eating the healthy chocolate from Xocai. I love it!
With abundant blessings.
Amanda Goldston

Last weekend I was very privileged to meet Paul Engemann, one of Xocai’s top earning distributors. He was in London in advance of the main launch in January 2009.

It was a fantastic day and I learnt loads, both about healthy chocolate and about building an international Xocai healthy chocolate business.

Paul Engemann and Amanda Goldston, London, 20th September 2008

I was so delighted when I saw that picture. Hooray, I am finally starting to get a shape! The inches have been falling off me.

Paul Engemann is the man who produced the really brilliant business introduction video.

I am so excited about this business and losing weight by EATING HEALTHY CHOCOLATE!

With abundant blessings.

Amanda Goldston

Eating Healthy Chocolate and LOSING WEIGHT has got to be the best thing I have ever done. Since 17th July 2008, I have lost 14lbs in weight!! I have also lost 1″ off my bust, 2″ off my waist and 1″ off my hips! And that has been in a month that has been- well, shall we say- emotionally charged. The pictures below were taken only a month apart. I have less chin and I have a neck!

Amanda Goldston one month apart, 14 lbs lighter!

I am so thrilled and so delighted. I have struggled with my weight since I was 8 years old and I can’t believe how easily it is falling off me now. You can see my early progress on my DREAM LIFE Blog. So what have I done and what has changed? Truthfully, not much. I started out with lots of good intentions, but in reality all I have done differently is to EAT Healthy Chocolate whenever I have felt like it. I have noticed a few things whilst doing this: 1) The chocolate tastes gorgeous, however I have only wanted to eat a couple of squares at a time (at most) instead of the bar at a time that I used to eat. I have allowed myself to have what I want, when I want. A few weeks ago, my 12 year old daughter came home from town with a 1kg (2.2lb) bar of chocolate or candy to be precise and between her, me and and my 14 year old we ate the whole thing in about 2 hours. Without calorie or fat counting, I can tell that is a lot of fat and sugar to put in my body! Well, we were going through a bit of a hormonal monthly crisis! We did find it incredibly amusing that someone had thought to put a “re-seal packet” tag on the bar of chocolate! I mean, come on, talk about excess packaging!!! 2) I have felt a great decrease in my desire for “sugary junk”. I spent a week on my own while Greg and the kids when to Scotland. Although there were pizzas, burgers, chicken nuggets, chips and ice-cream in the freezer, I had no desire AT ALL for any of it. I found myself drawn to more fruit, vegetables, rice, pasta and generally simpler food. That has got to be good for my health! 3) The chocolate seems to act as an overall body fat reducer. I first noticed this with my clothes. MY sweat pants (jogging bottoms) seemed to be looser. I was amazed when I put in the brown top I am wearing in today’s photo. It felt looser all over, including around my arms. 4) I seem to be drinking more water and (marginally) less tea. 5) My mood swings seemed to have balanced out. I am much less crabby and bad tempered. When I have felt stressed, I have had a few pieces of healthy chocolate- completely guilt free - and then started to feel better. The pattern had been I would get stressed, eat a ton of chocolate, then feel sick, then feel guilty and get mad at myself, then give myself a real hard time for eating so much, then look in the mirror and feel really fat and then eat some more chocolate because I felt bad about myself. My feelings of guilt for eating chocolate have completely gone. So, what is this fantastic chocolate? It is an amazing product fcalled Xocai from a company called MXI corp. It contains unprocessed cocao and the acai berry, which are two of the top power-charged-super-foods known today. Eat Healthy Chocolate Products. Due to the way the chocolate has been processed. it keeps in all the anti-oxidants, flavenoids and other good stuff and has only had some natural sweeteners added to it. It really does taste delicious. I have got more energy and I feel fantastic! I might just be fitting into my jeans or fitted clothes again soon instead of loose t-shirts and baggy trousers. I shall really look forward to that day! Have a great day and enjoy the chocolate! With abundant blessings. Amanda Goldston Queen of Chocolate Online www.GetYourChocolateLife.co.uk

Hello everyone and Welcome to Queen of Chocolate Online.

I am Amanda Goldston and I am a dedicated choc-o-holic, with no desire to change that.

I have loved chocolate since I was a small child, especially dark chocolate. My Gran used to feed it to me when we went out on our walks.

I recently came across HEALTHY CHOCOLATE, so I really am in Heaven now! Chocolate that is good for me and helps me to lose weight!

I have recently started my Chocolate Weight Loss Challenge and have already lost 7 lb! I shall be posting regular updates on here as to my progress.

This blog is dedicated to my love of chocolate. As a home educating parent, we have used chocolate extensively in our curriculum and we don’t need any excuse to get onto the chocolate subject.

I shall also be telling you about some of the best chocolate lover’s sites I can find, as well as offering chocolate recipes, books and other resources for those of us that absolutely love chocolate.

I saw a quote at Cadbury World in Birmingham (UK), which I thought was absolutely brilliant! I can’t remember who said it:

“A friend told me once, “put ‘eat chocolate’ at the top of your ‘to do’ list every day; then eat some. That way you accomplish at least one thing every day”…”

Loads of good stuff on the way.
With abundant blessings.
Amanda Goldston
Queen of Chocolate Online