Thread by @AlliNutrition

✨📜 THE AZTEC & MAYAN ELIXIR: CACAO (THREAD) 📜✨

WHAT? You aren’t drinking cacao? You’re seriously missing out...

Learn why MOCTEZUMA drank 50 CUPS OF CACAO EVERY SINGLE DAY (and why u should)👇

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Moctezuma, the antique Aztec emperor described Cacao as a...

“divine drink, which builds up resistance and fights fatigue...

A cup of this precious drink permits a man to walk for a whole day without food”

(according to Hernán Cortés 👍🇪🇸)

While the Mayas, drank CACAO DAILY to keep connection with the spiritual realm & the underworld...

They believed that Cacao was a gift from Kukulkán, best known as Quetzalcoatl, one of the most important gods in mesoamérica

(i mean it even has its own temple)

The Mayas even had a CACAO DEITY, “Ek Chuah”, which they venerated him through sacrifices of cacao-painted animals.

(btw Ek Chuah also was the MAYAN GOD OF WAR, not a coincidence)

Ok so Cacao is real shit

But

WHAT MAKES IT SO POWERFUL ??🤔

In this thread, Alli will reveal you how CACAO awakens your inner MAYAN WARRIOR

u ready?

ESTÁS LISTO?

Yo también.

VAMOOOOSSSSSS

The Cacao’s Magic is divided in 3 Parts

1. ANTIOXIDANT PROFILE

More FLAVONOLS, POLYPHENOLS & ANTIOXIDANTS than...

- Açai Berries
- Cranberries
- Blueberries
- Pomegranate

Cacao is the KING of the ANTIOXIDANTS

hence, the ANTI AGING KING

(open pic)

2. NUTRITION INFO, In just 30g:

- +200mg of Magnesium!
- 2-4mg of ZINC
- +400mg of Potassium
- +50% DV of Manganese & Copper
- 5-8g of Protein
- More Tryptophan than 30g of Chicken Breast

Screw multi-minerals 👎👎

DRINK CACAO 👍🍫

But the real magic is in...

3. THEOBROMINE

The main Cacao compound. In greek:

Theo = God
Bromar = Food

Bro. Literally “the food of the god’s”

CACAO IS OVERPOWERED !!!!

Now, how does Cacao works on your body?

Lets DISCOVER ITS MAGIC 👇

1. COGNITION 🧬

Cacao’s flavonoids are one of a kind; they can cross the Blood-Brain Barrier and reach the Hippocampus

The hippocampus is one of your Brain’s region; regulates & archives your memories & learnings

You’ve noticed how a smell or sound reminds you of something?

That’s the homie Hippocampus in action 👍

Once Cacao’s Flavonols get there, they upregulate the expression of BDNF

- Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor

This protein STRENGTHENS your BRAIN CELLS, but even more powerful...

It CREATES NEW BRAIN CELLS

The main cacao flavonol, “epicatechin”, boosts brain-blood flow, causing “ANGIOGENESIS”

AKA: the creation of new and fresh 🅱️lood vessels

This results in a FASTER BRAIN. Better cognition, attention and MEMORY.

my man literally you’ll be smarter

just by eating CACAO DAILY 🍫

2. MOOD 🖕😎🖕

Ever heard that excercise release endorphins and that makes u feel amazing and "high"?

Well guess fucking what

CACAO is one of the FEW sources of Phenylethylamine (PEA), which

TRIGGERS the RELEASE of B-ENDORPHINS!

(there are like just 3 food sources lol)

AKA: What makes u feel high & sexy after a workout 😏😏

PEA is NATURALLY released during excercise

PEA & Endorphins contribute to that "high", focused & flow state feeling you feel during a workout

AKA: Runners high LESFUKCIGNGOOOOO

PEA is one of the chemicals released when falling in love.

That ecstasy and high you experience during new love?

It's thanks to PEA, dopamine, and norepinephrine, mainly.

All 3 are TRIGGERED by CACAO.

Just try to feel depressed, anxious or sad after drinking hot cacao.

3. ATHLETICISM

Thanks to THEOBROMINE and it's Nitric Oxide-boosting properties...

- Cacao is a vasodilator!

It widens blood vessels and increases blood flow.

In bro-words: it makes EASIER to get a PUMP LESFUCKINGGGOOOOO

This results in a better oxygen & nutrient delivery in the mitochondria

Hence, a better ATP production & Energy metabolism

Hence, a better WORKOUT

And... remember PEA and it's ENDORPHIN boosting properties?

This also boosts your performance!

You know that feeling... you feel invencible, like you could lift for hours and hours, where you move the bar like thin air and endure WAY more than usual?

It's thanks to PEA & Endorphins. Both make u feel WAY less pain.

So... if YOU could trigger MORE of that feeling,

Man...

Your PERFORMANCE will SKYROCKET. Imagine...

Less pain, more energy = SUPERMAN

I've been drinking cacao + honey + salt 45 mins b4 a workout

I'll tell you.

It has never been easier for me to tap into that "flow state". I endure longer and my energy & focus is over the roof.

Try it! Very easy and tasty way to enhance your workout 👍👍👍

Another recipe I use:

Maca + MCTs + Cacao + Coffee + Honey + Salt

drink it and prepare yourself to enter the VALHALLA LESGOOOO

4. LONGEVITY

15 days. 15 subjects. Daily 100g dose of Dark Chocolate.

(Which contains 500mg of Cacao Polyphenols)

After 15 days...

- Blood Pressure
- Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR)
- Insulin Sensitivity (QUICKI)

Were tested. The results were UNBELIEVABLE.

Insulin Resistance went down by ALMOST 50% !!

Insulin Sensitivity went up by almost 25%!!

And both Systolic & Diastolic BP dropped almost 10 points PER SUBJECT!

JUST BY CONSUMING 500mg of CACAO POLYPHENOLS FOR 15 DAYS!

In a world where High BP, Diabetes & Obesity are on the rise...

This should be on every newspaper front page’s EVERY DAMN DAY.

It’s amazing how just eating a food can impact so much in someone’s health.

5. GUT REMODELATION

You know it, happy gut = happy mind.

After all, most of your “happy” neurotransmitters are produced there:

- 50% of your Dopamine
- 95% of your Serotonin
- GABA, Melatonin, etc

Wouldn’t it be crazy that a treat like CACAO...

Improved your GUT FLORA?

For 4 weeks, 11 fellas drank a HIGH-CACAO FLAVONOL drink and other 11 fellas,

A LOW CACAO FLAVONOL drink (494mg vs 23mg)

Results?

In contrast with the LCF drink, the HCF drink caused a MASSIVE INCREASE in..

- Bifidobacterial
- Lactobacilli

AKA: PROBIOTIC STRAINS

Not only that! It also reduced

- Clostridium
- E. Coli

AKA: BAD BACTERIA

This occurred since most of Cacao’s antioxidants aren’t absorbed in the small intestine,

But in the large one! They act as prebiotics

i mean your gut bacteria wants chocolate too, can’t blame them man

And the fact that they IMPROVED their GUT just by DRINKING CACAO DAILY...

Shows how POWERFUL & MAGICAL this Mayan & Aztec ELIXIR is.
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Now that you’re CACAO-PILLED

And ready to WAKE UP that INNER MAYAN WARRIOR you have inside...

I can hear you asking “Mr Alli! How do you consume cacao?!”

That, my amigo,

Deserves another thread. That will be posted...

Very very soon.

If this thread BLOWS UP i’ll be posting it tomorrow

So if you’re cacao-pilled, and want more people to join the cacao army...

DESTROY THAT RT BUTTON HOMIE 🤑🤑🤑👇👇👇👇

if you don’t do it

i’ll nuke your house 😂😂

RT 👇

https://twitter.com/AlliNutrition/status/1344670501491249152

SAUCES

COGNITION

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
bmcchem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/4…
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

MOOD

clinicaleducation.org/resources/revi…
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

clinicaleducation.org/resources/revi…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23810791/
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

EXCERCISE

ahajournals.org/doi/epub/10.11…
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

LONGEVITY & GUT BIOTA

academic.oup.com/ajcn/article-l…
academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/9…
sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/…
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

man that was a long time of inactivity

really missed here, posting and shitposting with the homies

thank you to everyone who sent a merry christmas message! really appreciate all my homies, thank you for being part of my tribe ❤️