Chocolate as Medicine: A Quest Over the Centuries

by Philip K. Wilson and W. Jeffrey Hurst

The Mesoamerican population had over 150 documented applications of cocoa as medicine ranging from cardiac uses to snake bites and today a scientific literature search shows over 300 references to the use of cocoa in cardiac medicine. This book, for the first time, describes the topic of chocolate as medicine from a historical perspective but also explores the benefits of cocoa, its positive health effects and also why chocolate was thought to be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849734119
• ISBN13: 9781849734110
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"