{"id":63717,"date":"2026-02-28T12:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63717"},"modified":"2026-02-28T12:45:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:45:47","slug":"cacao-butter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63717","title":{"rendered":"Cacao Butter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cacao_Butter.jpg\" alt=\"Cacao Butter\" width=\"526\" height=\"789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cacao_Butter.jpg 526w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cacao_Butter-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unlike other saturated fats, Stearic Acid (found in cacao butter and high-quality dark chocolate) triggers a process called Mitochondrial Fusion. This is where your cells&#8217; &#8220;power plants&#8221; merge together to become more efficient and clear out &#8220;cellular junk.&#8221; Eating a small square of 90% dark chocolate doesn&#8217;t just provide antioxidants; it provides the specific fat signal needed to keep your brain&#8217;s energy production from aging.<\/p>\n<p>I use Cacao Butter in these two products, If you like fruit with your dark chocolate:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthelicious.com.au\/ChocoFruit-Slice.html\">https:\/\/www.healthelicious.com.au\/ChocoFruit-Slice.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you prefer macadamia nuts: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthelicious.com.au\/ChocolateAndMacadamiaRockyRoadSlice.html\">https:\/\/www.healthelicious.com.au\/ChocolateAndMacadamiaRockyRoadSlice.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike other saturated fats, Stearic Acid (found in cacao butter and high-quality dark chocolate) triggers a process called Mitochondrial Fusion. This is where your cells&#8217; &#8220;power plants&#8221; merge together to become more efficient and clear out &#8220;cellular junk.&#8221; Eating a small square of 90% dark chocolate doesn&#8217;t just provide antioxidants; it provides the specific fat &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63717\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cacao Butter&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63717"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63721,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63717\/revisions\/63721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}