Daffdilly

thanks !

Besides iron... you might want to check your Vitamin D levels. I suffered from low energy for a number of years -- couldn't figure out the problem, and it kept getting worse. Turned out I was quite deficient in vitamin D. Didn't find out until after a bout of breast cancer. Now I take D3 supplements and am recovering…

congrats! Nutritional yeast -- If you have a local Co-op, it will probably sell some in bulk -- I recommend getting just a few Tbsps, to see if you like it. It will come as flakes, or powder & the different brands can taste very different. Some will be nutty, some strong, some mild, some toasty, some bitter, some slightly…

Auntbliz --- It isn't the Hershey's powder, though I don't see why that wouldn't work. The cacao powder my husband uses is "raw Cacao" he gets in bulk from somewhere on line, but he has also picked it up in smaller quantities at the local co-op. I think any natural food store or somewhere that sells organic stuff would be…

thanks for the warm welcome ! I'm going to tell my hubby & sister about this site, more the merrier :D

Chocolate is really high in magnesium. It also has lots of antioxidants & it affects the 'anti-depression' parts -- something to do with serotonin, I think. That serotonin part is probably responsible for the cyclical craving. It really isn't all that bad a way to deal with the low part of a cycle -- it isn't actually the…