Diet hot cocoa without calcium?

saffron981
saffron981 Posts: 22 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Does anyone know of any brands of diet hot cocoa without calcium added? I get enough calcium through leafy greens and yogurt; I really don't want to overdo it. I've tried making my own hot cocoa with cocoa powder, stevia, and a little milk.... but it doesn't taste right. If anyone has a recipe that actually tastes good, I'd love to try it.
Thanks!

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  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Does anyone know of any brands of diet hot cocoa without calcium added? I get enough calcium through leafy greens and yogurt; I really don't want to overdo it. I've tried making my own hot cocoa with cocoa powder, stevia, and a little milk.... but it doesn't taste right. If anyone has a recipe that actually tastes good, I'd love to try it.
    Thanks!
    Do you have a health issue that too much calcium is bad for you? Unless you're eating loads and loads of yogurt and greens, you arne't getting anywhere close to too much, otherwise.
  • saffron981
    saffron981 Posts: 22 Member
    Well, there's this study:
    http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Strokes/37339

    From my diet, I get over 2x the recommended amount.
  • sympha01
    sympha01 Posts: 942 Member
    The "added calcium" in cocoa mixes is just the powdered milk, I believe. The idea being that you make the cocoa by adding water and not milk. (That being said, I always make my cocoa with milk because OMG IT'S SO RICH AND YUMMY).

    Classically you would make really good hot cocoa from scratch using chocolate, not cocoa powder, which would be more calorific. But you'll probably find your homemade diet hot cocoa will taste much better if you just add a pinch of salt. Seriously. Also, I find that the richness factor goes way up if I use 2 tbsp of (nonfat) half-and-half or non-dairy coffee creamer to pre-mix the cocoa into, making a paste that the hot liquid goes into afterwards. It doesn't add much in the way of calories and it helps make the cocoa richer. You might try that with your homemade.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    Well, there's this study:
    http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Strokes/37339

    From my diet, I get over 2x the recommended amount.
    This just proves a little information is a bad thing. Studies can be interesting but you need to take them in proportion if you react like this to one study you're going to end up a gibbering wreck.

    This paragraph in the study is worth noting
    They cautioned that the dietary assessments were prone to limitations that affect both accuracy and precision, and that an observational study cannot show causality. Also, portion sizes were not assessed on an individual basis.

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