Kaboom!!!?
Kelly cries as a tray full of Chocolate hits the floor and hundreds of little round Chocolate cups spring up into the air, only to cover the floor seconds later. “Oh well, guess we’re just gunna have to eat those ones then!?” He says as he laughs with a grin on his face. This is the type of optimism that Kelly shares with the world.
Kelly Johnson has been making Raw Chocolate and Nut Butters for 20+ years. His first Chocolate Shop is the original Sedona Chocolate Superfoods and was the 1st USDA certified organic food manufacturing facility in Arizona.
Prior to that, he spent two years at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center in Patagonia, AZ. At the Tree of Life, he worked in the research lab, which included monitoring blood sugar levels in diabetics on a mostly raw food diet. The program helped many people lower their insulin levels and at times discontinue insulin altogether. Dr. Gabriel Cousins and Kelly were also monitoring the patients after they ate pure Organic Raw Chocolate, and watched as their blood sugar levels stayed the same or dropped.
Kelly has an awareness to the consciousness around live food, like germinating almonds before grinding them into butter. He recognizes the more nutritious the foods we ingest, the better the fuel provided for our body. He has inspired many people to live a more fulfilling and healthier lifestyle. His work with organic foods and Cacao is a continual research and developmental process.
Raw Chocolate is one of the most misconstrued foods on the planet. Many people associate eating Chocolate with gaining weight, guilt, and unhealthiness. Those things are correlated with heavily modified Chocolate, especially when processed with high amount of toxic refined sugars amongst other unnecessary ingredients, which is poison to our bodies, having an unhealthy effect.
Clean Raw Cacao is one of the most powerful and exceptional superfoods. Reputable for being “Food of the Gods”. Indigenous peoples from the south lands work with Cacao in sacred ceremony; facilitating connection, inner awakening, emotional expansion, rebalancing energies in the body, opening the heart, and healing. In ancient central America, the Cacao Bean, the bean that is pressed to make chocolate, was always held in high value, and used as currency.
Cacao is well known for releasing dopamine and endorphins, and is full of nutrients. First off, it is natures primary source for magnesium, a critical alkaline mineral that is involved in about 80% of metabolic function in the human body, which supports relaxation, detoxification, elimination, proper heart and brain function, flexibility, and healthy bone growth. Magnesium is one of the most deficient minerals in our society, effecting about 68-80% of the United States population depending on who you ask. A common misconception that one is not getting enough calcium, when in fact, magnesium is one of the primary minerals most people are not getting enough of.
In addition to magnesium, Raw Cacao contains protein, healthy fats and oils, fiber, (bio-available) calcium, essential amino acids, phosphorus, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, and theobromine. There are many implications for the usage of Cacao, such as aiding in feeling more positivity and creativity, helping with stress, menstrual cramps, depression, weight loss, diabetes, asthma, ADD, ADHD, fibromyalgia and more.
When foods are heated above a certain temperature, they begin to rapidly lose their nutritional value. Food becomes rancid and toxic, especially when mixed with impure ingredients. Roasting the beans at high temperatures changes the molecular structure, and then it loses about 90% of its nutritional value. Which is most of the chocolate you see in a grocery store. This is part of the reason why chocolate has received a contaminated reputation and has become one of the most misunderstood foods. Besides being delicious, chocolate is beneficial in its raw, live, vibrant form.
Kelly Johnson holds this knowledge and much more about raw foods and Cacao. He is dedicated to sharing his wisdom of live foods. He creates some of the most powerful healing blends of Handmade Chocolates and Stone-Ground Butters available. Aware of all the misperception about Cacao, he stands with his heart open, in presence and truth, sharing knowledge for others to learn and digest. It is no wonder he calls some of his chocolate, L.O.V.E. cups, they are a seed of the positive creative forces Kelly channels. He creates in integrity, with positive intention and love, as he holds the beauty of transformation with his offerings. He is truly a wise and powerful Chocolate Alchemist and Artisan Butter Maker, and we are blessed to have him in our community.
