Micro Plant Powder Chocolate 1lb Detoxification Powder

Our Chocolate Micro Plant Powder is gluten free, anti-inflammatory and is a natural healthy alternative to chocolate while detoxifying the body. Carob powder comes from the pod of the carob bean. Carob beans grow on trees that are part of the legume family. The trees can live up to 100 years and do not bear fruit for the first 15 years, but after that they bear fruit prolifically. Carob is a tropical pod that contains a sweet, edible pulp and inedible seeds. After drying, the pulp is roasted and ground into a powder that resembles cocoa powder, but does not have the same flavor and texture of chocolate. Ancient Egyptians used the gummy properties of carob seed by using it as an adhesive in binding mummies and the pods and seeds have been found in Egyptian tombs. The Romans are said to have eaten the pods when green and fresh for their natural sweetness. Many scholars believe that John the Baptist lived on carob pods as "the locust bean" in another name for carob. Another biblical reference to carob pods is also probable in the parable of the prodigal son who squandered his inheritance and so became a servant, looking after the pigs. "He would gladly have fed on the pods that the swine ate ..."- the pods would most probably have been the pods of the carob trees which would still produce crops in times of drought and famine. Carob has rightly been coined the healthy alternative to chocolate. Carob is so different nutritionally and chemically from chocolate that people allergic to chocolate can enjoy carob. A 1973 university study clearly indicated that children who were allergic to chocolate could safely consume carob. Carob is free from phenylethylamine which can trigger migraines and allergic reactions. Carob is free from caffeine and theobromine which can be addictive and can cause allergies. Caffeine and theobromine are stimulants.