Dr Karan Explores cover image

Dr Karan Explores

Is Chocolate The Secret To Better Health? | Spencer Hyman

Nov 22, 2024
01:10:34

šŸ’¬ ā€œChocolate has got more complexity of flavour than just about anything else on the planetā€ ~Spencer Hyman

āš”ļø Spencer Hyman is the Co-Founder & Chair of Chocolate at Cocoa Runners, a company that sources the worldā€™s best craft chocolate and brings them all together under one roof. Spencer is a chocolate and flavour nerd and hosts regular tasting events to share his passion. I even get to taste some myself!

āš”ļø In this episode Spencer and I explore the history of humankindā€™s love of the cocoa bean, why craft chocolate is so much healthier than your classic supermarket bar, as well as the surprising range of health benefits it offers.

šŸŽ§ Stay tuned to find out:

āž”ļøŽ How modern processing strips all of the good out of supermarket chocolate bars

āž”ļøŽ The sneaky tricks ā€œBig Chocolateā€ uses to get you to scoff bar after bar

āž” The difference between flavour and taste, and how to savour your food more

āž”ļøŽ Whether dark chocolate really is healthier than milk

āž”ļøŽ Why toxic heavy metals have been showing up in chocolate bars

šŸ“• Chapters

(1:47) How your chocolate is made

(3:38) Chocolateā€™s history

(5:08) Why it matters where your chocolate is from

(6:31) Normal vs craft chocolate

(11:29) Health benefits of good chocolate

(17:21) Can milk or white chocolate be healthy?

(22:12) Flavour, taste and mouthfeel

(26:15) Chocolate and heart health

(32:38) Why you should savour your food

(37:26) Why we find it hard to describe flavour

(41:46) Taste test

(58:39) Where can you buy craft chocolate?

(1:00:25) How much chocolate should you eat?

(1:01:58) Heavy metal contamination

(1:06:47) Why ā€˜fair tradeā€™ isnā€™t very fair

šŸ“± Connect with me:

TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan

Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr

šŸ“± Connect with Spencer:

Website: https://cocoarunners.com/ 

šŸ”„ Get my free weekly newsletter filled with easy to action health tips, interesting facts and science to fill your curiosity: https://drkaran.beehiiv.com/subscribe

šŸ”„ For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book ā€œThis Book May Save Your Lifeā€: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook 

šŸŽ™ļø An OG Podcasts production.

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode