Good book and good chocolate!

If you or someone you love encounters a cancer diagnosis I hope you'll let me know so that I can reach out to them to offer them help and encouragement. It is s important for them to get off to a fast start. I understand, I've been there and I am grateful to God for my progress and improvement since my diagnosis in March.

One resource I came across due to my follow-up with a non-profit in Pennsylvania was a book written by Greg Anderson called Cancer- 50 Essential Things To Do, and it was invaluable. He himself  is a cancer survivor of over 20 years; from lung cancer AFTER his doctor told him he had less than a month to live. What did he do? For the first week he went home, laid in his bed and waited to die. Something happened to snap him out of that defeated mindset and went on a mission interviewing survivors from all over the Country.

The result is this book and it is great!

So, while reading a good book what could be better than snacking on some awesome chocolate!? There is good and bad chocolate.Examine the ingredients; often first or second on the list is sugar - even dark chocolate.

Dark chocolate is much better than milk chocolate and has antioxidant properties as well as other health-promoting benefits. The trick is to find it without refined sugars.

Since cancer feeds off of excess and refined sugars because of how quickly it is passed through the liver and enters the bloodstream, it is very important to find healthy dark chocolate sources.

The purest chocolate with great flavor that I've found is through an online source: http://www.gnosischocolate.com/

Be prepared great chocolate is not cheap. They have all kinds of bars and goodies and by far, it is made in such a way that does not play havoc with insulin levels or work counter to healing due to the presence of refined sugars.

Next, Whole Foods has dark chocolate covered almonds. They do contain cane sugar and some ingredients that aren't perfect but in moderation they are much better than traditional options that are just loaded with sugar. They are sold in their bulk food section.

A point of interest - do not drink milk while eating them! Research is showing that milk interferes with the anti-oxidant action of chocolate defeating one of the best reasons for eating it; other than the fact that it taste so good!!! And, to slow down the rate at which any sugars are introduced into your system, eat additional nuts that are not chocolate covered in conjunction with the chocolate.

Have a fabulous day and thank God for His goodness! :)